sentences:  With the loss of her father, Maya knew she must flee the land of her birth or face the same fate as her parents.In her self-imposed exile in London, Maya lives with only the most loyal of her family’s servants, as well as seven pets that originally belonged to her mother and appear to be occasional avatars of Hindu deities.In her new home she practices medicine for concert hall staff and at a charity hospital, and fights the prejudices held by those in power against her gender and race and continues to hide from the mysterious and sinister power that murdered her parents.