In this, the third and final volume of the Aghora trilogy, the Aghori Vimalananda uses the backdrop of the Bombay racetrack as a potent metaphor for the ultimate game of life, where destinies and fortunes are forged or lost on the momentary edge of the finishing line. Weaving all the characters - favourites and outsiders, jockeys and trainers, owners and 'rail-birds'- into the grassroots tapestry of the field of karma, Vimalananda masterfully entwines the flamboyant external reality of the racecourse with the subtle internal reality of creative spirituality