451 BCE A young and promising prince follows the teachings of his secret teacher and goes out in search of Truth. 261 BCE The prominent King of India is manipulated by his advisor to wage a war on Kalinga. The war is won, but a mighty kingdom falls as the king renounces his empire. 1857 CE A nameless soldier is provoked by his mentor to fight against the East India Company and trigger the greatest revolt of all time. 2012 CE, New Delhi Agastya, a criminal psychology student, is recovering from the loss of his sister; he is driven by the promise he made to her. Sharang, a top cop, is caught in his own web of lies. Siddharth, an assistant to an archaeologist, is searching for his missing boss Alankrit. Their paths cross when a serial killer goes on a killing spree in the city. A serial killer who is supported by the citizens. As the case unfolds, Agastya, Sharang and Siddharth start to question their destiny. Little do they know that their destinies have already been decided beforehand - by the very man who has manipulated Gautam Buddha, King Ashoka and Mangal Pandey in the past. Now he is back to execute the final phase of his plan that will change the course of the human race. But for good? Or for bad?
“There is no limit at which I’ll stop, there is no culprit whom I’ll forgive. The sky is turning red. I am getting powerful. I am your friend if you are mine. Accept me, for I have arrived.”
The above statement tells all. Get your tissues ready to have one of the most mysterious, thrilling, suspenseful and nerve wrecking experiences of reading a book. This book is a jaw-droppingly brilliant crime-suspense-mystery-thriller.
No surprise, the mystery and thrills inside this book will have your neck in it's hand when you will be busy connecting the dots till the very last flip. You will be left aghast and agape with its entirety one at a time.
Alankrit finds the Tablets engraved on them a script, he had never seen in his 20-year career as a Senior Archaeologist for ASI. He left for Himalayas to find out the mystery behind the same. And here, his family members are dead?
Partho died in mysterious condition in 1857 revolt. And in present, Prabhakaran a sacrificial goat at the hands of a half-burnt, half-skeleton face, with a pair of red eyes glaring mysterious man.
Then S.I. Mukul's finding a disturbing dead body. A mysterious figure Jagdish comes into picture and takes the drama to a next level to finally end up with the same fate. Delhi C.M and India's Home Minister is also associated with the ongoing badlem. All the more, An autorickshaw driver is dead.
Agastya, a criminal psychology student loses his sister and carries a death diary and the rest about him is no less brainstorming. Mysterious figures, disturbing murders, sensational personalities involved, esoteric events, and a whole knots of dramas in a single thread. Dare if you untangle even one. For you will have to delve deep inside the saga.
To give you some rest, who is this 'The Elder' now in the story which ends up with an epilogue, better say, a cliffhanger for the author to come up with the next one and a danger for you readers to be prepared for the same.
Characters sketching, plot, timelines, storytelling with a whole lot of mysteries and layers inside and dialogues are not bearable for heartpatients. The author has invariably given birth to this new Avatara of thriller by providing the normal characters, repeated mysterious murder events, and the same police investigation a fresh approach.
As the author has outdone himself in weaving this not-so-simple saga, he hardly leaves any dots untamed yet having expectations on higher side, a/q to me the story could be bit more synchronised, connection among multiple events was not very strong, there's a suspense overload which normal readers won't dare to digest.
And also when you are writing a thriller like this one, ideally the focus should be equally devoted towards giving the same an emotional angle and the author has invariably given his best to balance both of these things which makes this work humongous and remarkable. Highly recommended for all the book lovers out there.
I read this book with good expectations by summary of back page. And yes storyline is good... Suspense is good... I am into triller novel and mythological fiction so this book was treat for me since it covers both... But there are some flaws... Many grammatical mistakes are there and on Page 181 there is typographical error... These thinks are not supposed to be in finished books... Dear Manish ji, please take care of these... I am looking forward for more good stuff like this. All the best!!!🙏🏻