THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON <\/i><\/b>MEETS SUCCESSION <\/i>IN AN EPIC REIMAGINING OF THE MAHABHARATA <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘An unforgettable wild journey set in re-imagined Vedic India’ SF Book Review<\/b><\/i>
‘Like Game of Thrones<\/i> in an Indian alternative universe… exhilarating… heralds the arrival of a special new talent’ Dan Jones<\/b>
‘Mahabharata<\/i> imbued with A Song of Ice and Fire<\/i>, The First Law<\/i>, & Malazan<\/i> Book of the Fallen<\/i>‘ Novel Notions<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
SOME BALLADS ARE INKED IN BLOOD
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The Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion, and Senator Krishna and his third wife Satyabhama have put their plans in motion to protect it from total annihilation. But they soon discover that neither gold nor alliances last forever – and they are not the only players on the board… <\/p>\n
Mati, Pirate-Princess of Kalinga, has decided to change her ways and become a good wife. But old habits die hard, especially when one habitually uses murder to settle scores. Beautiful Karna hopes to bury his brutal past, but destiny is a miser when it comes to granting second chances. And while hero-turned-torturer Shakuni limps through a path of daggers, his foes and woes multiply, leaving little time for vengeance. <\/p>\n
Their lives are about to become yet more difficult, as they converge where the Son of Darkness is prophesied to rise… even as forgotten Gods prepare to play their hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion. Krishna and Satyabhama have put their plans in motion within and beyond the Republic’s blood-soaked borders to protect it from annihilation. But they will soon discover that neither gold nor alliances last forever. They are, however, not the only players in this game. Mati, Pirate-Princess of Kalinga, must mend her ways if she is to be a good wife. But old habits die hard, especially when one habitually uses murder to settle old scores. Karna, the gifted son of a lowborn charioteer, hopes to bury his brutal past, but finds that life is not generous in offering second chances. The hero-turned-torturer Shakuni limps through the maze of daggers that is politics, leaving little time for vengeance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[225],"product_tag":[226,26871],"class_list":{"0":"post-104848","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-sci-fi-fantasy","6":"product_tag-fantasy","7":"product_tag-historical-fantasy","8":"pa_book_author-mohanty-gourav","9":"pa_cover-paperback","10":"pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","11":"pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","12":"pa_imprint-head-of-zeus","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-8622","15":"pa_publisher-head-of-zeus","16":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","18":"first","19":"instock","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n