Two friends. A past that refuses to stay buried. Calcutta, 1934. When young Englishmen Damon Finnegan and Robert Fletcher arrive in British India for what should be a carefree holiday, they expect adventure-not danger. Their lives change forever the night they meet Flora, a beautiful Anglo-Indian woman carrying a painful past. As Damon falls deeply in love, the friends become entangled in a chain of events that begins with a shocking discovery: a murdered man lying in the streets of Calcutta. Soon secrets begin to surface-stolen documents, hidden scandals among powerful English merchants, and a confrontation that ends in tragedy. Fearing the consequences, Damon and Robert bury the truth and try to move on. But the past does not stay buried. Years later, as bombs fall over London during World War II, Damon encounters Flora again in an air-raid shelter. Old love and unresolved guilt collide in a moment that will change both their lives forever. Spanning colonial India and wartime Britain, The Passage East 1934 is a powerful historical novel of love, betrayal, and the long shadow of the past - from colonial India to the London Blitz. It will appeal to readers of A Passage to India, The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh, Birdsong, The Nightingale, and authors such as Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley.