Tenzing Norbu and his fiancee, Julie, eagerly await the arrival of Ten's best friends, Yeshe and Lobsang, his boyhood chums who have since become the Head Abbots at Ten's former monastic home in India. To complicate matters, one of the novice lamas - a brilliant protege of Lobsang's - goes missing at the event's culmination.

GAY HENDRICKS is a bestselling author with more than 30 books to his credit. The Tenzing Norbu Mystery series, which began with The First Rule of Ten, is Hendricks's first foray into fiction.TINKER LINDSAY is an accomplished screenwriter and author who has written and produced a wide variety of books and films.