This book follows an Indian-American family for 35 years of their lives, as they stumble along the immigrant's path, strewn with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs.
A constable dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police.
After taking a statement from a witness who happens to be a ghost, he comes to the attention of the Chief Inspector, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny.
JMG is a Player of Games, master of every board, computer and strategy.
Bored with success, he travels to the Empire of Azad, to try their fabulous game, a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor.