About the book: 2009 / London, 1864. Lady Herbert returns from India, whose husband was strangled in India under very mysterious circumstances. Among Lady Herbert's jewels are nine special stones that belonged to the Maharaja of Benares, including a huge fiery red diamond that has a fatal effect on anyone who touches it. Soon two terrible murders take place in London, both of whom were in one way or another connected with this diamond. Lady Herbert herself suddenly dies, and the nine stones disappear. Traces of stolen jewelry lead to India, to the followers of the sinister cult of the destroyer goddess Kali…