The Coiled Serpent

by Nirmala Moorthy

A house of secrets...
A family torn apart...

Meena, child of a loveless marriage between a beautiful socialite and a wealthy, globetrotting industrialist battles neglect and loneliness in a sleepy Malabar town. She turns to the servants for love and companionship. When her uncle comes home from the United States--with an American wife, a son, and a stepdaughter--the tranquility of her home is shattered. The bond that develops between Meena and her aunt, their struggles against fear and despair, and their search for the power of the coiled serpent speed the story to a towering climax that brings both tragedy and release.

303 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

A free-lance journalist who has contributed feature articles, short stories and humor to English language newspapers in India, West Africa and ten Asian countries, Moorthy has published three novels--Maya, The Coiled Serpent, and The River Turned Red.
Her fourth work of fiction is a collection of short stories dealing with cultural interaction in countries across the world. The Twain Shall Meet is available in book stores, online, and on kindle, Ipad, Iphone and other reading devices from August 2015.
Amazon has approved a dramatic price reduction in the paperback edition of her first three novels from today

Reviews

[P · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writer induces a spiritual profundity to the story -- the emotions are genuine and the characters and their situations empathetic. Mildly interesting