The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Morgan explores the struggle between

Morgan explores the struggle between honesty with others and honesty with oneself

James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa - 'Most Excellent among Women' - the great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad

a student in 1950s South Africa

his hands and clothes covered in blood

through practical Ayurvedic advice

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Morgan explores the struggle betweenThe storm comes in like a finger snap . . . 1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vard is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. Vard is now a place of women. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa