Meet 13-year-old Ten Norbu as he navigates his first brush with mysticism, mysteryâand maybe even murderâin this thrilling prequel to the Tenzing Norbu mysteries
Like most teenagers, Tenâs life is rife with change and emotional upheaval. In addition to his newfound fascination with girls and some unexpected bodily sensations, heâs been spending less time with his Parisian mother and more time in his Tibetan fatherâs Dharamshala monastery. This, in conjunction with the fact that his best friends, Yeshe and Lobsang, arenât having the same revelations about the world around them, leaves Ten feeling puzzled and isolated.
When the brilliant 17-year-old scholar Lama Nawang, already a legend and a star, takes the lonely boy under his wing, Tenzing senses that his luck is about to changeâand it does, but not in the way he expects. He becomes entangled in a dark web of intrigue including the theft of a secret teaching, the betrayal of a communityâs trust, and the mysterious death of a local Indian boy. Tenzing breaks almost every rule in the monastery, along with a young girlâs heart, as he struggles to recover the Buddhaâs sacred text and uncover the real reason behind Lama Nawangâs cascading series of seemingly wrong actions.
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