Book Review Tarikshir: The awakening by Khayaal Patel

 

Tarikshir: The awakening by Khayaal Patel

*Publisher: Westland Publications *ISBN: 9789387578500 *No of pages: 332 *Genre: Fiction *Cover: Paperback *Price: 399 INR *Rating: 5/5

My View:

Excellent, I highly appreciated the work of debut author, especially her writing style is too good, and it seems you are watching a Hollywood movie. While surfing through the net I came across this book, at the first sight I mailed to writersmelon for book review, and glad they accepted my request and sent me the book. 

Till the last page utmost secret being maintained by the author, which keeps you hooked up, and there is twist and turn in every chapter; which makes the book perfect page turner. In one word if you want to say about this book, it’s like a historical fantasy. Initially when I started I thought it’s about war with British raj and historical event but then story shifted to horror, zombies, black magic, mystery, suspense, lord Rama, Shiva’s Trishul and at last Suparnkha with Ravana. You cant judged the book there are mysterious twist and turns till the last page.

I don’t want to reveal the entire plot but a short synopsis: the book starts after the end of war between Ram and Ravana; hanuman the protector of mankind secretly hides a mysterious thing called Tarikshir in some place of Rajasthan. Then in present era when Britisher’s threatens Raja Ravindra Singh a powerful ruler of Devangarh kingdom in Rajasthan to surrender, a mysterious death of Raja makes his son Rudra Pratap chauhan to fight against British. Further investigating his father’s death Rudra unveils many secrets about his kingdom and the links to Tarikshir. Now, I don’t want to reveal the entire so grab the book and read it, its fantastic read for this Diwali.

    

Now the positive thing about book is the writing style of the author it’s so easy and good that words flow like a river, no difficult jargons being used; which is another plus point. I highly recommend this book to historical, mythological and fantasy lovers, a must read.

Interesting lines from the book:

•          The most dangerous of God’s creation is man, and he is the creature who we will be pitted against. He will be as cunning as a fox, as slippery as a snake, and as vile as a jackal. Page no 25

•     Not attempting the task due to fear of failure is worse than failure itself. Page no 140.

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Blurb:

A small princely state in Rajasthan is the last bastion of resistance against the might of the British Empire. While unrest surrounding the sudden death of the king of Devangarh grows, young prince Rudra Pratap Chauhan prepares to ascend the throne.

But the kingdom is in turmoil. The Devangarh army is outnumbered and the British forces are closing in. to make matters worse, Rudra discovers the king’s death may not have been accidental after all. The frequent appearance and disappearance of a mysterious, masked stranger, and a series of ritualistic murders in which the bodies have been drained of blood, spread panic across the realm. Who is this creature and how is he connected to all the strange occurrences?

As Rudra struggles to mange his new responsibilities and investigate his father’s death, he stumbles upon dark, dangerous secrets that will destroy everything he now holds together.