The Conspiracy at
Meru (Vikramaditya Veergatha #
2)
VICTORY IS TEMPORARY.
THE BATTLE IS ETERNAL.
Vikramaditya and his Council of
Nine have fought valiantly to repel the rampaging hordes from Devaloka and
Patala – but Avanti has been brought to its knees. Ujjayini lies battered its
citizens are scared and morale is badly shaken. Meanwhile, the barbaric Hunas
and Sakas are gathering on the horizon and cracks are emerging between the
allied kingdoms of Sindhuvarta.
The only silver lining is that
the deadly Halahala is safe. For now.
Bent on vengeance, Indra is
already scheming to destroy Vikramaditya, while Shukracharya has a plan that
can spell the doom for the Guardians of the Halahala. How long can the human army
hold out against the ferocity and cunning of the devas and asuras? And will
Vikramaditya’s love for his queen come in the way of his promise to Shiva?
The deadly Halahala, the
all-devouring poison churned from the depths of the White Lake by the devas and
asuras, was swallowed by Shiva to save the universe from extinction.
But was the Halahala truly
destroyed?
A small portion still remains – a
weapon powerful enough to guarantee victory to whoever possesses it. And both
asuras and devas, locked in battle for supremacy, will stop at nothing to claim
it.
As the forces of Devaloka and
Patala, led by Indra and Shukracharya, plot to possess the Halahala, Shiva
turns to mankind to guard it from their murderous clutches. It is now up to
Samrat Vikramaditya and his Council of Nine to quell the supernatural hordes –
and prevent the universe from tumbling into chaos!
A sweeping tale of honour and
courage in the face of infinite danger, greed and deceit, The Guardians of the
Halahala is a fantastical journey into a time of myth and legend.
About the Author
Door-to-door salesman,
copywriter, business journalist & assistant editor at The Economic Times;
Shatrujeet Nath was all this before he took to writing fiction full-time. He
debuted with The Karachi Deception in 2013, followed by The Guardians of the
Halahala and The Conspiracy at Meru, the first two books in the Vikramaditya
Veergatha series. At present, he is writing volume three of the series.
Shatrujeet lives in Mumbai, but spends much of his time in the fantasy worlds
of his stories.
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