01499nam a22002777a 4500 20251126123728.0 251126b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780143471608 Purchased Prism Books, Kadavanthra English F ZEE/SI Zeenath Khan SIRENS OF SEPTEMBER 1 Haryana Penguin Books 2025 398 A sweeping historical coming-of-age novel set against India’s 1948 takeover of Hyderabad, The Sirens of September shifts between the palaces of princely Hyderabad, the refugee camps of post-Partition Bombay, army command rooms and the seedy lanes of London’s Piccadilly. Farishteh Ali Khan, an aristocratic teenager who enjoys a gilded existence, tumbles into a web of international espionage, political intrigue and dark family secrets. A few chance meetings between her and an air force pilot, Saleem El Edroos, lead to them striking up a long-distance courtship. When Hyderabad falls, the new regime makes the Ali Khans and the Edrooses answer for their old loyalties. The one person who can come to their aid can also tear Farishteh’s family apart. Fiction Novel Partition, and Espionage Historical Fiction Hyderabad’s Fall, Partition, and a Story of Love, Secrets, and Betrayal Historical Fiction of Hyderabad 1948 LEN ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC MAIN MAIN FIC 2025-11-24 Purchased 599.00 KC-25-CRB-4683,2025/11/24 5 1 F ZEE/SI E1102283 2026-04-29 17:19:11 2026-04-04 2025-11-24 LEN 197097 197097