"The Sacrament of the Goddess is a work of fiction set in Nepal around the time of the civil war. It is set in a hospital in rural Nepal run by Christian Missionaries,  which has seen better days. There is only one missionary doctor left, and she is part of a team of Nepali and Indian doctors. The book follows a young American surgeon who joins them. It turns out that he has a  past connection with the hospital, including a steamy relationship with a Nepali woman when he was there ten years before. She seems to have disappeared."