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A young British officer named Carew, steals the Green Eye, a priceless emerald, from the temple in the mountains north of Kathmandu, Nepal. The emerald was to be a gift from him to the daughter of the colonel of his regiment, with whom he is in love.

A novel... a rollicking tale of adventure and action centering around the poem, THE GREEN EYE OF THE LITTLE YELOW GOD and involving jewell smuggllingly, rogues, thugs, murder, tortue, monsterous characters, a professional international courier and his tough Sherpa henchman and... Read Full Overview