THE MARK OF THE BEAST by RUDYARD KIPLING

Two cultures collide when a group of British overseers meet for a regional planning session in India's outback, have too much to drink, and one of them defaces a statue outside a temple.

The offender is almost immediately confronted by a naked leper called Silver Man who leaves a bite mark on his chest- causing a physiological change in the coming hours that will rock their non-believing world. 

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