A stepmother's cunning, a queen's exile, and a king's impossible choice: Aryavarta's greatest dynasty is on the brink. Fantasy story loosely based on Bhavbhuti's Ramayana. Thematic Tropes include Moral Dissonance (The kingdom prides itself on righteousness but condemns an innocent queen), Proto-Feminism, clash between duty and personal desires and Nomadic Survival (The kingdom faces drought, forcing its people to adapt to a new way of life.) Ideal for readers who enjoyed The Palace of Illusions, Circe, The Song of Achilles, Three Hundred Ramayanas, Home Fire, Weight (from the Canongate Myth Series) and The Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai.) Note - This novel begins where Valimiki's story ends (in Yuddha Kanda when Ram and Sita return to Ayodhya.) Rewrites of Uttara khanda are welcome as the exile of Sita is not part of Valmiki Ramayan.
Fellow author Priya Nayak-Gole has called his writing "Literary fiction in Novella length. Its not the Ramayana, yet the story very much fits the atmosphere of the Ramayana." Author of 14 books, Renita D’Silva said: “…I absolutely adored this beautiful book. Brilliantly imagined, vividly described… I felt like I was there. An epic take beautifully told. I cannot wait for the next instalment of this amazing series.”