A mysterious incident at the Marabar Caves, involving Adela Quested, newly arrived from England, and Dr Aziz, an Indian doctor, leads to a drama that divides the British and Indian communities in anger, distrust, and fear. Forsters great novel brings to life all the dangers and misunderstandings of colonialism but, as Forster himself wrote, the story is about something wider than politics, about the search of the human race for a more lasting home, about the universe as embodied in the Indian earth and the Indian sky, about the horror lurking in the Marabar Caves...

Adela Quested剛來到英格蘭，一件在馬拉巴爾洞穴的神祕事件，將她和Dr. Aziz牽扯進去。Dr. Aziz是個印度醫生，促使英國人和印度人因憤怒、猜忌與恐懼而分裂。作者Forsters在本書清楚呈現危機四伏的生活及對於殖民主義的誤解，故事裡不只提到政治，還有人類如何找尋一個更穩定的家，以及潛伏在馬拉巴爾洞穴裡的危機…