The second book is now down. It's one of the first modern fiction series which takes a lot of real buddhism and brings it into the storeis.
It also weaves christian symbols, akkadian tablets, and sumerian archaeology.
This i s the first book, search "gianna Giavelli" on amazon.com to see the secon dbook as well
110 pages, including 20 pages of archaeological plates
http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Mei-Gianna-Giavelli/dp/1475188323/ref=la_B0082GSNSA_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1352762619&sr=1-2
