The Traitor's Bargain
An East India Company Novel of Power, Betrayal, and Bengal’s Fall
Betrayal reshaped a kingdom - and gave birth to an empire.
In the summer of 1757, Bengal - jewel of the East - stands on a precipice. The East India Company, once mere merchants, now manoeuvre to unseat a dynasty. The fiery young Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah is hemmed in by betrayal. Around him, a banker pulls the strings behind the throne. A nobleman, torn between loyalty and survival, makes a fateful choice. A Company soldier begins to doubt the masters he serves. And the son of an aristocrat finds himself at the head of a peasant revolt.
Their paths converge in a time of shifting power and rising rebellion, as the fury of a devastated land meets the appetite of foreign merchants. Every decision becomes a wager - and every betrayal, a reckoning.
Based on real events and grounded in meticulous research, The Traitor’s Bargain is a vivid portrait of ambition, audacity, betrayal, resistance, and the rapid unravelling of Bengal’s sovereignty.
The first novel in a trilogy chronicling the transformation of India under British rule.