The Harvest: The Garden of Kathmandu Trilogy

In the second novel of the Kathmandu trilogy, 'The Harvest,' Carl Brecht, the anthropologist, goes to Chitwaun in pursuit of the kidnapped boy, Nigel. At the jungle camp in southern Nepal, he boards an elephant in search of rhinosceros, discovering that poachers are harvesting the body parts of the endangered species. In spite of evidence that Nigel has been in the jungle, Carl leaves the area frustrated by the deception of the London coven. Carl travels to India to visit his friends, the Pandavas. He arrives in Kalinagar near the Nepalese border just before the Hindu Festival honoring the Goddess Lakshmi. The anthropologist gets caught up in the frenzy of the State of Emergency, where renegade government officials are enforcing compulsory sterilization of the men in Kalinagar and the nearby villages. After experiencing a great deal of violence, Carl becomes involved in an unexpected romanace during the Hindu Festival in honor of the Goddess of Lakshmi. Before he departs for Pokhara, he's keenly aware that the London coven was present in the area with the missing boy, Nigel.