Brahma Hathya

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Book</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>AN ENGROSSING AND FAST PACED DEBUT NOVEL FOR READERS OF MYTHOLOGY AND FANTASY</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Something is stirring in the kingdom of Mithila. An ominous prophecy fire raining down from the skies the mystery of a severed hand and the indiscriminate slaughter of men women and children. And who in the sixteen kingdoms possesses the depravity and malevolence to carry out that most sinful act of all- Brahma Hathya?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Holding a precarious Mithila together are a heartbroken king fixated on soma and women a young prince still grappling with his Kshatriya training a queen mother who has taken a vow of silence and a jogi with no recollection of his past. What begins in the mystic mountains of Kedar unravels in the palace halls of Vaishali and in the depths of the forest where a young girl has survived a vicious enemy-one she knows only as Ardhamukha.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>T.V. Mahalingam's powerful debut novel roots through the complexities of violence heritage kinship and love. Engrossing and fast-paced </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Brahma Hathya</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> peels back the intricate layers of mythology and fantasy oppression and hierarchy to weave a gripping narrative of love betrayal and bravery against all odds.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Journalist technophile communications expert cricket enthusiast TV Mahalingam was all those things but above all he liked to tell a good story. An avid reader he could talk for hours about mythology science history and a million other things. As someone who loved fiction and fantasy it comes as no surprise that he authored his first novel </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Brahma Hathya</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> on Indian mythology and fantasy.</span></p>