“Tumultuous, fast paced, a 21st
“Tumultuous,
fast paced, a 21st century retelling” The Hindu
“A rollicking
read…may the Force be with Banker” Hindustan Times
“Magnificent…tremendous…a milestone” India Today
“Delicious…amrit to a new generation!” India Today on Siege of
Mithila
“The biggest tale of all this year…a mesmerising yarn”
Economic Times
“Vivid, unforgettable images” The Telegraph
“How well Banker tells his tale!” Indian Express
“Banker has
beaten the rest” The Statesman
“A real page-turner…you’ll
enjoy this book tremendously” Today
“Banker, the artful
storyteller!” The Statesman on Siege of Mithila
“Compelling…
Lushly embellishes the classic tale of a war between absolute Good
and Evil… It’s a ripping good yarn.” Publisher’s Weekly
“Jeweled prose, lush descriptions” Library Journal
“Ashok
Banker is One of the finest modern fantasists” Woolamaloo Gazette
“Living breathing characters that sparkle with life”
Sffworld.com
“Entertaining and illuminating” SciFi.com
“A
refreshingly new story” Artemis
“Refreshingly different and
distinct from the usual Western fare” SF Site
“A refreshing
change from generic fantasyland” Starburst
“A cracking good
yarn…bask in the warm waters of one of the sources of world
mythology, made more accessible to the modern, Western reader by
Banker’s excellent narrative interpretation” The Alien Online
“As welcome as a lush oasis in a desert” Sword’s Edge
“Extravagantly, grippingly, wholly appealing” BSFA Journal
“An intelligent revival, rarely seen in fantasy literature”
Dreamwatch
“Huge in concept” John Jarrold, SFX
“Highly
recommended” SfBookcase.com
“Wonderful, almost Matrix-like,
highly entertaining” SFCrowsnest
“Fast-paced and impressive”
Kitabkhana
“Enthralling” Harriet Klausner, Book Magazine’s No.1
reviewer
“Highly recommended” Paul Goat Allen, B&N.com
“It’s epic scope makes it as globally relevant as Gilgamesh,
Cuchullain and Beowulf” Historical Novels Review
“How
absorbing!” Mostlyfiction.com
“Excellent” Bookloons.com
“An
intelligent revival, the like of which is rarely seen in fantasy
literature.” Dreamwatch
“A modern-day epic” Cinemafantastique
“Feel the arrows zing past” Curledup.com
“What a debut”
Polaris
“Snap up this volume” Romance Readers Connection
“One powerful tale” Myshelf.com
“A swashbuckling heroic
page-turner” Alien Online on Siege of Mithila
“Banker’s
masterstroke, a true sparkler” Society
“A magnificently rendered
labour of love” Outlook
“Retold in grand style” Asian Age
“A
baroque and inventive series…hugely popular in the UK” Year’s Best
Fantasy & Horror: 17th Annual Collection
*****
Even
other authors love Ashok’s Ramayana!
“A thundering good
story. Here are all the heroes and gods, demons and sorcerers you
can possibly want. Banker does a wonderful job of bringing this
great classic to modern readers.”
–Dave Duncan, author of
Paragon Lost
“Banker creates a marvelous landscape of
princes, demons, mages, and lovers. I love good fantasy, and this
one-of-a-kind epic charmed and delighted me.”
–Kate Elliott,
author of The Gathering Storm
“While The Ramayana is one
of the world�s great myth cycles, it is far less well known to
western readers than so much of the euro-centric material repeatedly
picked over by fantasy writers. This gives this series a welcome
freshness and exoticism while what we know of Indian culture and
myth balances us with a sense of connection to the story. It is
fascinating to see how Ashok Banker avoids slipping into clich� as
he presents a mythic, grandiloquent tale which is at the same time
admirably accessible. So, as in the first volume of this series, the
Siege of Mithila offers a swashbuckling heroic page-turner which is
at the same time a well-written exploration of human courage and
failings, hopes and fears for those of us fantasy fans who like such
literary values along with our unrepentant adventure. Roll on the
Demons of Chitrakut!”
–Juliet E. McKenna, author of The
Tales of Einarrin
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