A review by sookieskipper
The Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott

The Day of the Scorpion expands from Jewel in the crown and we hear about what happened to the main characters in the first book. The country is in war with its colonizer and the colonizer is in war with its neighbors. Scott juxtaposes the multifaceted war and the myopic sympathetic wave that wasn't universal in its target. There is a biting anger harbored underneath the pages against the blatant atrocities, mismanagement and disingenuous regard for human life.

Jewel in the crown is better written but the day of the scorpion is impactful with its diverse characters. We see a different layer of Indian war which improves nuance of this epic.