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Kumasagi, Part 4: Sindhupat
Asta travels to Sindhupat Island, hoping to meet a spiritual master who will help her overcome her difficulties with the mystic arts. The island, however, reveals a deeper purpose when Asta begins to have disturbing visions from Najat's childhood there.
Warned by Najat’s memories, Asta learns that the island’s most famous denizen, Delan Gampoban, is not the man that songs and stories of legend would have him seem. With the island’s sacred grotto in ruins for the past fifteen years, Asta follows the clues to how the grotto might be restored—putting her on a collision course with the man who tormented Najat for years.
In Shakti Lake City, Najat still holds a portion of Asta’s kana, which may be the key to reviving the island’s grotto and bringing forth new life from the destin cove. Najat and Asta's connection allows them to work together across the distance ... but soon they may be forced to give up their bond forever.
Warned by Najat’s memories, Asta learns that the island’s most famous denizen, Delan Gampoban, is not the man that songs and stories of legend would have him seem. With the island’s sacred grotto in ruins for the past fifteen years, Asta follows the clues to how the grotto might be restored—putting her on a collision course with the man who tormented Najat for years.
In Shakti Lake City, Najat still holds a portion of Asta’s kana, which may be the key to reviving the island’s grotto and bringing forth new life from the destin cove. Najat and Asta's connection allows them to work together across the distance ... but soon they may be forced to give up their bond forever.
537 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 29, 2023
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Leslee Sheu
4 books20 followersLeslee Sheu is the author of Kumasagi, a romantic fantasy saga set in a semi-aquatic civilization on a planet far from ours.
For more information and updates about the Kumasagi books, visit LesleeSheu.com
Supplemental maps, a character guide, and glossary can be found here.
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Leslee lives in Maryland with her husband, their kid, and two pet guinea pigs. She has a passion for reading fantasy and sci-fi (especially in the form of indie books and manga), and enjoys papercrafting when she has the time. Kumasagi is her first fantasy series.
For more information and updates about the Kumasagi books, visit LesleeSheu.com
Supplemental maps, a character guide, and glossary can be found here.
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Leslee lives in Maryland with her husband, their kid, and two pet guinea pigs. She has a passion for reading fantasy and sci-fi (especially in the form of indie books and manga), and enjoys papercrafting when she has the time. Kumasagi is her first fantasy series.
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August 1, 2025
Wow! Best book in the series so far!
This book is exciting from beginning to end. My favorite part is how we get to see in beautifully descriptive detail how the spiritual world is physically connected to the physical world.
There are several plot lines that are satisfyingly resolved which involve Asta finding out just how powerful she actually is, not just mystically, but in her ability to choose her own life path.
I also love the cover art!
Can’t wait for the next book!
This book is exciting from beginning to end. My favorite part is how we get to see in beautifully descriptive detail how the spiritual world is physically connected to the physical world.
There are several plot lines that are satisfyingly resolved which involve Asta finding out just how powerful she actually is, not just mystically, but in her ability to choose her own life path.
I also love the cover art!
Can’t wait for the next book!
February 7, 2024
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I enjoyed the central story, and I found the world-building amazingly thorough and mostly coherent. However, the subplots proved a major burden to read, and the mysticism lost its believability because of its use to fulfill those subplots. Asta’s improved courage was welcome, though her psychic super-power-up felt arbitrary. I would have much rather seen her develop culturally as a means of improving her relationships with Raya and Beneviya. That being said, I was very happy with Asta’s and Najat’s confession of love at the end, and I am intrigued to see how they are going to come together while under the direct and knowing watch of the Amalas and the Mahasagi—or even if they will, as Asta is already pregnant with Jayan’s child, as was prophesied by Najat’s and Jayan’s mother, Jeniya. And will the rest of her foresight come true? Will the new baby have to suffer being raised by Delan? These questions bode well for the next novel in the series, which I will for certain read.
I enjoyed the central story, and I found the world-building amazingly thorough and mostly coherent. However, the subplots proved a major burden to read, and the mysticism lost its believability because of its use to fulfill those subplots. Asta’s improved courage was welcome, though her psychic super-power-up felt arbitrary. I would have much rather seen her develop culturally as a means of improving her relationships with Raya and Beneviya. That being said, I was very happy with Asta’s and Najat’s confession of love at the end, and I am intrigued to see how they are going to come together while under the direct and knowing watch of the Amalas and the Mahasagi—or even if they will, as Asta is already pregnant with Jayan’s child, as was prophesied by Najat’s and Jayan’s mother, Jeniya. And will the rest of her foresight come true? Will the new baby have to suffer being raised by Delan? These questions bode well for the next novel in the series, which I will for certain read.
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June 9, 2023
Excellently Written
Wonderful story and very well written! Could hardly put it down. I can hardly wait for the next book to see where it takes me!
Wonderful story and very well written! Could hardly put it down. I can hardly wait for the next book to see where it takes me!
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