EVEN THOUGH VALLI SPENDS HER DAYS PICKING COAL AND FIGHTING WITH HER COUSINS, LIFE IN THE COAL TOWN OF JHARIA, INDIA, IS THE ONLY LIFE SHE KNOWS. SHE'S FILLED WITH TERROR WHEN SHE GLIMPSES THE MONSTERS LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRAIN TRACKS -- THE LEPERS. WHEN VALLI DISCOVERS THAT HER "AUNT" IS A STRANGER WHO WAS PAID TO TAKE VALLI OFF HER FAMILY'S HANDS, SHE LEAVES JHARIA AND BEGINS A SERIES OF ADVENTURES THAT TAKES HER TO KOLKATA, THE CITY OF THE GODS. VALLI