Having ascended the bank, they were dumbfounded at the sight of the desolate town. Nothing stirred in the simple huts and on the marketground. No animals roamed the streets. The once bustling town was now empty and lifeless.

 

A young and naïve diplomat, Christopher Milton, finds himself in the company of a mysterious monk. He is increasingly drawn into the monk’s tale of a war-torn kingdom and the rise of Thailand’s warrior kings. Rattanakosin’s eighteenth-century Thailand is rife with adventure, political intrigues, frayed loyalties, and bloodshed.  Told from the perspective of a real-life warrior, Rattanakosin is a gripping historical page-turner.