This is the 3rd book in the series and can pretty much be read as a standalone although I wish I had read the previous books before this one.
The author is an IIT Kanpur alumni.
Ashwatthama Redemption Series.
Book 3.
Ashwatthama v/s Parashuram- the immortal force.
Do checkout the blurb for a brief up!
Also the book has a MAP!
It's a huge thick book in the sense that it has around 450 pages!
It is based on some amazing mythological stories but the creative imagination is pure fiction in the book.
I was glued to the book just after I finished reading the author's note.
There is a thin line between science & fantasy. Maybe was we put under fantasy today, may become real with the help of science in the future, who knows!
Imagine teleportation, telekinesis & even immortality 😮
I got to know through this book that the only immortal species living today is Turritopsis Dohrnii, the Immortal Jellyfish.
According to Indian mythology, there are 8 immortal beings livings amongst us, even today-
Ashwatthama,
Bali,
Veda Vyasa,
Hanuman,
Vibhishan,
Kripacharya,
Parashuram,
Sage Markandeya.
This book weaves a tale between all the 7 immortals except Hanuman ji.
The book begins with a brief introduction of these immortals. I liked the simple, slow but steady pace of this read & how the author has left no stone unturned to fully engage the senses of the reader with a perfect, descriptive narration.
We move forward to a prologue in the year 1944 & then the book begins in the present day.
It begins with a failed experiment & ends on a totally unexpected note.
In the end the author has given a section separating fact from fiction.
Also diagrams, changing timelines add to the book.
The book is a gem for a mythofiction fan.
📍Blurb:
"Gripping, edge-of-the-seat action thriller!" INDIA TODAY
Poland, 1944. A secret Nazi experiment in the Wieliczka salt mine of Breslau goes wrong, annihilating the entire research team.
Decades later, at the foothills of Dhauladhar ranges, the immortal warrior Kripacharya is brutally attacked by a mysterious beast and goes missing. His peer Vyasa, the old sage, tasks Parashuram to find and bring their fellow immortal back.
As Parashuram adjusts himself to this new world and uncovers the plot, he crosses path with an old nemesis, one who not only matches him in power and intellect, but also in ferocity.
Ashwatthama.
Parashuram has to race against time, and Ashwatthama, to unravel the conspiracy behind Kripacharya’s disappearance to protect not just their identities, but also something much larger at stake, something which has the potential to change history forever.