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A 1500-year-old mystery. A warrior’s lost saga. A businesswoman’s fight to survive.
455 AD, Central India
The marauding Svetahunas take prisoner Harshavardhan, a fearless warrior and a devoted son. In captivity he fashions a combat strategy with black and white pebbles, waiting for the day when the Svetahunas and his people face-off in battle—a war that will determine the future of ancient India.
Present Day, New Delhi
When her estranged father Rajinder Joshi dies suddenly, Vinita is called in from New York to take charge of his now floundering forty-year-old company AveoGen. As she sorts through his papers and effects, Vinita discovers tantalizing clues to Rajinder’s long-standing obsession—the origins of chess and the identity of its creator. Shuttling between boardrooms and unknown historical sites, Vinita must battle her emotions and her father’s many enemies to arrive at the violent story of how chess was born.
455 AD, Central India
The marauding Svetahunas take prisoner Harshavardhan, a fearless warrior and a devoted son. In captivity he fashions a combat strategy with black and white pebbles, waiting for the day when the Svetahunas and his people face-off in battle—a war that will determine the future of ancient India.
Present Day, New Delhi
When her estranged father Rajinder Joshi dies suddenly, Vinita is called in from New York to take charge of his now floundering forty-year-old company AveoGen. As she sorts through his papers and effects, Vinita discovers tantalizing clues to Rajinder’s long-standing obsession—the origins of chess and the identity of its creator. Shuttling between boardrooms and unknown historical sites, Vinita must battle her emotions and her father’s many enemies to arrive at the violent story of how chess was born.
254 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 27, 2023
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Nihshanka Debroy
2 booksI was born in Burdwan, West Bengal, and educated in Delhi and the U.S. I spent my childhood bent over chessboards and savouring mystery and adventure novels. I am a former Under-12 Delhi chess champion, who twice represented my state at the national level and competed with several opponents who are now grandmasters and international masters.
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