A sweeping historical coming-of-age novel, set against India?s 1948 takeover of Hyderabad, The Sirens of September, shifts between the palaces of princely Hyderabad, the refugee camps of post-partition Bombay, army command rooms and the seedy lanes of London?s Piccadilly. Farishteh AliKhan is an aristocratic teenager who enjoys a gilded existence. In all innocence, she tumbles into a web of international espionage, political intrigue and dark family secrets. A few chance meetings between her and air force pilot Saleem El Edroos lead to them striking up a long-distance courtship. When Hyderabad falls, the new regime makes the Alikhans and Edroos? answer for their old loyalties. The one person who can come to their aid can also tear Farishteh?s family apart.