Title:The Immortals of Meluha
Author:Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Westland
Pages: 411
'When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge'.
One of the best books i have recently read is "The Immortals of Meluha" by Amish Tripathi, the first book in the Shiva Trilogy(second and third being "The Secret of the Nagas" and "The Oath of the Vayuputras").
The story is set in 1900 B.C in the land of Meluha(Indus valley civilization).
The story begins with Shiva coming to Meluha along with his tribal camp on being invited by Meluhans. Meluha is an empire created by Lord Rama which is near perfect in all the ways. The inhabitants of Meluha i.e., 'Suryavanshis' are waiting for Neelkanth to arrive and save them from the attacks of 'Chandravanshis' who have allied themselves with the Nagas(Serpents),a sinister race of deformed humans possesing astonishing martial art skills.
What i liked the most is depiction of Lord Shiva as a common man who becomes Mahadev,the God of Gods. Shiva speaking the language of a common man using the words 'bloody hell', 'damn', 'goddamit' etc makes him a cool dude and that makes reading the book more interesting.
The story is fast paced with one event leading to another which makes the book unputdownable. The ending of the book will force you to quickly jump to next book in the trilogy- "The Secret of the Nagas".
Rating: 8/10
Highly recommended.
- Pooja
