In the Middle

Tibet is about to celebrate its tenth independence day. Khensur Rinpoche, a seventy-year-old monk and the Dalai Lama's closest advisor, is responsible for planning the Independence Day celebrations. One morning, when Rinpoche pays an official visit to the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama attacks Rinpoche without warning. Rinpoche blames a mysterious illness for His Holiness' violent behavior. While the elderly monk narrowly escapes death, a young novice by the name of Sichuan murders another...
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Tibet is about to celebrate its tenth independence day. Khensur Rinpoche, a seventy-year-old monk and the Dalai Lama's closest advisor, is responsible for planning the Independence Day celebrations. One morning, when Rinpoche pays an official visit to the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama attacks Rinpoche without warning. Rinpoche blames a mysterious illness for His Holiness' violent behavior. While the elderly monk narrowly escapes death, a young novice by the name of Sichuan murders another novice in Potala Palace. At the monastery, the illness does not strike anyone else but Sichuan and the Dalai Lama. "Why them?" asks Rinpoche, as he struggles to find a cure for the novice's and the Dalai Lama's maladies. "How does a ten-year-old boy turn into a homicidal maniac? What is Sichuan's connection to the Dalai Lama?"Weaving religion, politics, and fantasy into a complex tapestry, In the Middle takes you on a journey to discover the truth behind Sichuan's crime.