The heavily armed guard spat out a command in Assamese. Our guide whispered, “He is wanting your passports.” Bo and I smiled thinly, and I wondered, would my husband ever know what happened to us?” Williams captivated readers with “The Last Romantic War”—her epic bio-memoir of her father’s exploits in India and Burma in WWII, including her parents’ exotic global courtship. Now here is the exciting backstory: A research trip to India by the author and her brother that turns into two madcap weeks of unexpected adventure and culture shock.