VoR (Vengeance of Ravana) Hardcovers have finally been despatched this past week. If you had ordered a hardcover limited edition or won the auction for the #1 Collector’s Hardcover Edition, you should have received it by now. If you have not received it, please visit the How To Pay Page and post a message there alongwith your full postal address with pincode+tel.no. (the address will be edited out before approving the comment) to save time.

Thanks for your patience waiting for these hardcovers – it’s been a very long wait for me as well, with the printer repeatedly messing up the printing, binding, etc, and endless delays. Thankfully, the wait is over now…

…and another wait begins, for SoS (Sons of Sita)! But don’t worry, it won’t be as long as the VoR Hardcover delay. The AKB Books Signed Limited Edition of SoS (hardcover as well as paperback) is now scheduled to be released by end-April. Updates will be sent to you closer to the date.

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Ten years have passed since Rama did the unthinkable and banished Sita. Now, she spends her days in quiet tapasya in the remote forest ashram of Maharishi Valmiki, even as her sons Luv and Kush grow ever more proficient at the arts of war. To the sorrow of many, they seem unlikely to ever cross [...]

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When Luv came sprinting around the outcrop, two pairs of eyes instantly snapped around to stare at him. The two men on the second wagon looked startled to see him. I know that look. They think I’m Kush and can’t figure out how he could have run off in that direction and then appeared again [...]

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Luv knew Kush was in trouble even before he heard the whinnying of horses and shouting of hoarse voices from beyond the outcrop. He wasn’t startled in the least but the old PF with the scar probably assumed he would be and made his move. He leaped off the wagon with surprising speed and ought [...]

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Luv fixed a bead on the lead wagon driver and kept his aim steady. The man looked like he had seen violence before, judging from the scar running down the side of his head and neck, and the way he had yielded without argument. Another veteran, for sure. What did they call them, those fellows [...]

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The heavily laden wagon train trundled noisily through the woods. Sunlight fell in beams through the high leafy branches of the sala trees, some towering twenty yards or higher, illuminating the dust motes thrown up in the wake of the rattling wheels. The forest was rife with the colours of spring, bright bursts of [...]

arvaci subhaghe bhava site vandamahe tva |
yatha nah subhaghasasi yatha nah suphalasasi ||

Auspicious Sita, come thou near: we venerate and worship thee |
That thou mayst bless and prosper us and bring us fruits abundantly ||

Rig-Veda, Mandala 4, Sukta 57, rca 6
PRARAMBHA
Sita…
Sweet whisper in her ear, myrtle breath upon her cheek. She started [...]

The limited signed AKB Books edition of SONS OF SITA: BOOK 8 OF THE RAMAYANA SERIES, the long-awaited conclusion to my Ramayana Series, was available for pre-order only via this website. (Don’t waste your time looking for the book elsewhere online or in bookstores as the Penguin mass market edition will only be published in [...]

The 2nd Limited Edition of VENGEANCE OF RAVANA: Book 7 of The Ramayana Series has sold out! Due to the number of orders continuing to pour in, I’ve ordered and now have copies of a 3rd Limited Edition. However, due to copyright restrictions, I can’t promise there will be further editions. So if you or [...]

Happy days! By popular demand, I’ve reopened orders for a 2nd limited edition of VENGEANCE OF RAVANA: Book 7 of The Ramayana Series. The only way to get the book is to order it online right here via this website. The mass market edition by Penguin is expected to be in bookstores around mid-2010. This [...]

Hi there! Welcome to the AKB Bookstore. The one-stop online shop to order my books and have them delivered anywhere across India or the rest of the world. Start by visiting the AKB Books Page to find out more about each title, look at the covers, read excerpts, and choose your edition. Already know what [...]

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In Which Vhy Tries To Tell Vir About Mikey And The Vortal, Viveka Is Mistaken For The Enemy, Vhy Is Confronted By The Duplicate Mikey, & Viveka Becomes A Prisoner Of War

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In Which Viveka Gets A Balcony Ticket To A War, Vir Gets An Emergency Phone Call At Office, Vhy Hears A Strange Story At A Hospital, & Viveka Is Challenged By An Armed Stranger–Whom She Recognizes!

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In Which Sarla Gets An E-mail, Viveka Clicks On A Web Link, Sarla Calls Viveka For Lunch–And Gets A Very Hostile Reaction, And Viveka Finds Herself Gone, Baby, Gone.

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In Which Viveka Does Flapjacks While Vhy Does Whacko, Mikey Puts On A New Personality For Breakfast, Vhy And Ruchi ‘Research’ Snatcher Films, & Viveka Encounters The Vortal.

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In Which The Vatsals Secure A New Residence, Mikey Shows Us The E-mail That Started It All, Vhy Messes Up His Hot And Happening Dvd Date, Ruchi Sees Something Weird In Mikey’s Room, Mikey Does A ‘Hollow Man’ & Viveka Catches Vhy And Ruchi Doing A Tom & Nicole. Actually.

As many of you already know, about a year ago I realized I had to publish the last two parts of my Ramayana Series before allowing my Mahabharata and Krishna series to be published.
My reasons are explained in an introductory essay included in both the books, which are titled VENGEANCE OF RAVANA: Book 7 of [...]

The meaning was crude but clear: Death to the Dynasty that rules Ayodhya. Death to Bharat and Rama and all their bloodline.

If he reached even an instant too late, then Ayodhya the unconquerable, would finally fall. Not to an army of asuras, or even mortal enemies. But to the greatest enemy of all. The enemy within.

“What lies beyond?” Rama asked, the mist swirling around his feet.

“The answers to all your questions,” said the man.

There had been a dream much like this, on a night very similar, a long time ago. Before Lanka. Before the abduction of Sita. Before the rakshasa wars, the exile, the marriage, the battle of Bhayanak-van…

Through the haze of smoke from the burning towers of Lanka, dimly glimpsed. Upon that battlefield, carelessly littered with the corpses of friends and foes alike, he stood, grieving. For even in victory had he lost so much; such were the bitter fruits of war.

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