Mark Andrew
The core idea for Jalendu came after reading "The Mughal Throne: The Saga of India's Great Emperors" by Abraham Eraly. There seemed to be too many unanswered questions about the particular period in Indian history in which my book is set, so I set out to speculate, based on as much evidence as possible, on what really happened.
However, I also wanted to explore certain spiritual themes, that in some ways are a reaction to a modern atheist debate. Though I would be considered an atheist myself, I find myself in disagreement with many atheists in their criticisms of religious faith.
Also, for my own enjoyment, I wanted to write a love story.
However, I also wanted to explore certain spiritual themes, that in some ways are a reaction to a modern atheist debate. Though I would be considered an atheist myself, I find myself in disagreement with many atheists in their criticisms of religious faith.
Also, for my own enjoyment, I wanted to write a love story.
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Hello Mark, I'm about to embark on Jalendu and from reading your response below, there is no sequel [yet] and the ending may not be a HEA???. There is an epilogue floating around somewhere though -so just in case the ending is going to make me weep,do you mind making said epilogue available to those of us whose hearts cannot manage anything but even a fictional HEA?
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