Path of the Eclipse
By Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 1981
Series: Saint-Germain Chronicles

Fourth of the Saint-Germain novels. This saga takes Saint-Germain from China to India over the Himalayas. "Invading Mongols have created a political atmosphere of anti-foreign paranoia. The Count, with his Western appearance and odd ways, is subject to suspicion, so he leaves the capital in order to help an unusual woman. Chih-Yu is a young Warlord, desperate to save her people from the Mongol hordes. Ignored or rebuffed by the military authorities, she is ready to turn to one strange foreigner for aid... but her heart leads her to far more than she expects. After leaving China, Saint Germain has a brief stay at a lamasery in Tibet, where he meets a wise - and surprising - Master.... Prevented by the Mongol threat from travelling on in his journey to regain his Hungarian homeland, the vampire is forced to ask hospitality of an Indian Rajah. The Rajah places Saint Germain in the household of his eccentric and scholarly old maid sister, Padmiri. However, the Rajah's daughter, Tamasrajasi, is a power-hungry and bloodthirsty devotee of Kali, and things cannot remain peaceful for long." (summary from a review at Amazon.com)

Order Info: ISBN: 0812528107 (unavailable)

More by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: The Olivia Series, Sisters of the Night