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                                       Kalki by Kevin Missal

Published Year- 2018

Published by- Fingerprints

Pages- 463

Genre- Mythological Fiction

Format- Paperback/Kindle

                                                          Synopsis

Born in the quiet village of Shambala, Kalki Hari, son of Vishnuyath and Sumati, has no idea about his heritage until he is pitted against tragedies and battles.

Whisked into the province of Keekatpur, which is under the fist of Lord Kali, Kalki sees the ignominy of death trumping life all around him. He learns that he has been born to cleanse the world he lives in, for which he must journey to the North and learn the ways of Lord Vishnu’s Avatar; from an immortal who wields an axe.

But trapped in the midst of betrayals, political intrigue and forces that seek to decimate him, will he be able to follow his destiny before the Kaliyug begins?

                                                          My Review

Before penning down this review  I have a guilty confession to make and that is it took two weeks to finish reading book but took months to share with you all my views with you. Less than a week was left for my exams when this book arrived at my door and for me it was the most euphoric moment to read it and I finished it somewhere between the exams. And I really loved it. I have been following author since he first wrote his book “Yama” and I just can’t find myself reading his books published after them.

Kevin has notch in mythological fantasy and drama that he create something out of the box every time. He highlights some of rare mythological characters and presents them so beautifully that they leave impact on its readers. The same case is with me also, look it took so long for me to share my views on Kakli.

It is belived that every human life moves from kaal charkara  and this chakara consists of four yugs. In every yug a lord is born to vanish the wrongdoers and helped the humanity sail to different yugs. With every passing yug the world gets polluted more so does the lord appeared. So considering the yugas, we are on the last phase of kaal charkra which is Kalyug. This yug is misery driven and when the world is on verge of brinking Lord Kalki is born and we will punish the evil. Here in book also we follow Lord Kalki but from a whole new perspective.

Kalki who is an ordinary boy who is no naïve that he in unknown to his hidden abilities of performing extraordinary. A boy who when born believe to be a farmer’s son and never ponder about his existence and why he was born. He is loved child not only of his parents but his brother loved and his childhood friend they too loved him like anything. On a stranger encounter with mysterious hidden chaos and crime in his state he walked to find the truth and eventually end up losing many loved one and discovering his inner powers and intellect.

Book talk about so many clans which were present in ancient time and how they were at loggerhead with each other in order to attain optimum powers, soma. The book has so many action packed fights and strategies that will make its reader hook till the end. Story is fast paced and indeed gripping. The cover is so magnificent and stunning. Author has perfectly blended so much hard work in this that it really makes it worth reading for.

I would not recommend it particularly but to everyone. Truly an amazing read.

Rating-🌟🌟🌟🌟

Reviewed by Aditi Srivastava