It is just as easily a great introduction to Lewis's Other Earth and I highly recommend it.more
If you haven't read his previous works in the "Other Earth" series you won't feel lost. I didn't want it to end and I am eagerly looking forward to the next book about Asha and Priya. But don't make any mistake it is still a page turner. Also since the time period during the book is longer, while there are still great action scenes, the book has more of a laid back feel to it. Making the land just as much a character as the actual people that inhabit it. Lewis's descriptions of the country that they travel through is breathtaking. While this isn't exactly the same style he used for his previous novels. ***spoiler alert***Each chapter slowly revealing how their friendship develops, and how that friendship is what makes all the difference when not only lives but Asha's sanity and soul are on the line as well. Each chapter being a continuation in the lives and adventures of Asha and Priya. But the book still flows smoothly through all of them. Each chapter is basically it's own mini-story.
Plus the way the chapters were set up was quite interesting. (Sorry I just have a soft spot for a girl with her own personal cat army)***End Spoiler alert*** Which was almost as interesting as Bastet herself.
And while I didn't get to see Bastet again, (*SIGH*), I did get to see some who I am assuming are some of her "relatives". ***spoiler alert*** Although Lewis certainly has no problem introducing the Eastern edge of his world to it's Western counterparts. The story takes place over years not days and as I said before it is set in the far east of his world instead of the more western area near southern Europe and northern Africa. The Dragon and The Lotus is different from the Halcyon novels. Even though I could go on like that for pages, cause it really is that good. Okay, sorry started sounding like the back of a book for a minute. But in the land of Ming, and in the hands of Asha especially, it has become a tool for healing instead of a weapon for stealing men's souls. So far away that the railroads haven't even reached yet. Second, instead of taking place in and around the more technologically oriented areas, such as Marrakesh, it takes place far to the East. First, instead of the story taking place over a few days, it takes place over years. But in the land of Ming, and in the Yay!! Another novel in the "Other Earth" series!!! The Dragon and The Lotus follows a slightly different path than the previous Other Earth books. Yay!! Another novel in the "Other Earth" series!!! The Dragon and The Lotus follows a slightly different path than the previous Other Earth books.
Genre: historical fantasy | mystery | adventure | India | Persia This story spans several years and ends shortly after the conclusion of the Halcyon Trilogy. Series: The Dragon and the Lotus is a part of The Other Earth series. But when she journeys into the west, Asha discovers that there are fates worse than death and there are human monsters that can only be defeated by a woman with the strength of a dragon. With the help of a beautiful blind nun and a sleepy little mongoose, Asha confronts both victims and predators, including the man who stole her childhood and killed her lover. And to fight the occasional bear or tiger, of course. Years later in India, she uses her strange gift and her training as an herbalist to save people possessed by ghosts, poisoned by legendary beasts, and tortured by the cruel doctors of Ming. With the help of As a child in Kathmandu, Asha was bitten by a dragon and gained the ability to hear the souls of all living things. As a child in Kathmandu, Asha was bitten by a dragon and gained the ability to hear the souls of all living things.