The Secret of the Nagas Book Review ★★★★☆
The Secret of the Nagas by Amish is the Sequel of The Immortals of Meluha. This is a very anticipated book since The Immortals of Meluha ends at the heights of climax. Sati is pregnant and right in front of the temple Shiva and Sati notice a Naga, Shiva Screams and that's when the first book ends. Its an evil ending in my opinion , but well it does make the second book worth waiting for. The Second Book mainly deals with the Nagas.
**Spoilers**
It was pretty clear from the First book that Shiva hasn't yet found the right enemy or the evil one's and indulged in a war which was quite unnecessary. And from what it looks like even the Naga's aren't that bad. Except for the attacks on Shiva and Sati every other action of theirs seems to be noble.
And of course the birth of Shiva and Sati's child. The way the author has merged mythology and fiction is applaudable. Shiva wanted to name the child Kritika, after Sati's companion during her bad times, as he was sure of having a girl child, but when the child born is a boy they name him Karthik!!
The obvious questions of scarcity of Somaras were also answered in a quite surprising yet not so surprising way. While it was only obvious that a kingdom would want to keep backup of the most important thing - Somras.
The simultaneous wealth and poverty of Branga is a grim reminder of how fate can play a cruel game.
The entrance of Ganesh into the picture was so dramatic and unexpected that it really brings out the amazing mixture of myth and fiction in the book. And when Kali emerges it's very hard to stop appreciating the imagination of the author.
The Actual Secret of the Nagas is something that was kept till the last page of the book and as with the first book, it answers it but leaves many unanswered questions. Will be looking forward to the Next book The Oath of the Vayuputras.
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It's a must read book. keeps us intrigued. I was fascinated reading the trilogy. I couldn't wait to turn over each page as the story is beyond imagination penned in a simplistic way.The book depicts our rich culture clubbed with the finest technological aspects. The trilogy is a must read for any book lover. Right from the the 1st part the book the storyline had me hooked until the last word of the 3rd part And not to forget the excellent service of flipkart who delivered the product in less then 2 days which is commendable
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