THE GANESA PALINDROME: PALIMPSEST
Aug 27th, 2008 by Ashok
UPDATE: Have revised the title of the book to reflect the final published title. Also to inform you that Penguin Books have approved the manuscript (they loved it!) and are scheduling publication for August/September 2009. The book will only be available on the Indian sub-continent.–Ashok
This is a draft of the book video script for the first book in The Ganesa Palindrome series. It also serves as a nice blurb for the book itself. Way too long to fit on the back of a book cover, but I’m posting it here for those of you who have been curious about this new series. The first book, Palimpsest, is done and I’m currently revising the last chapters. I hope to submit it to Penguin India in mid-September and a month or so after that, I should be able to confirm a tentative publication date. Meanwhile, enjoy this blurb/script.
THE GANESA PALINDROME
PALIMPSEST
by Ashok K. Banker
Almighty God has left us.
Leaving the lesser gods to battle for the throne of heaven.
Precipitating the long foretold War of Wars.
Threatening not only humanity, but all Creation, with ultimate Destruction.
In desperation…
An Earthly coalition recruits humans from a billion worlds to build an army the likes of which has never been imagined before.
To conquer the seat of Heaven for ourselves.
Forsaking all gods of all faiths.
And seeking to establish a scientific democratic government as the only supreme power.
Meanwhile…
Five ordinary people from five separate versions of Earth.
Brought together by an ancient Hindu God.
Protected by a ragtag group of interdimensional cops from a future New New York City PD.
Accompanied by fantastic beings from world mythology…
Are about to set out on an impossible mission…
To travel to the end of time and space.
Confront the Almighty.
Appeal to God to return to power.
Forgive us all our trespasses.
And bring peace to the world.
They are…
Santosh: A semi-literate 10 year old from a Mumbai chawl with a passion for cricket, Bollywood, and Ganpatibapa Morya.
Salim: A socialist trader from Birmgingham UK whose family has suffered as a result of the unjust ‘war on terror’.
Ruth: A ship welder from New Jersey whose fierce rightwing American patriotism cost her the love of her life, Amy.
Akechi: A rakish, charming, self-obsessed manga star with a fondness for good living and beautiful gaijin women.
Yoshi: Akechi’s twin & fellow mangaka, a hermaphrodite consumed by a guilty secret about their Japanese father and Chinese mother.
Can these five unlikely people succeed in this impossible mission?
Does humanity even deserve to be saved?
What will they say to God?
What will God’s reply be?
Can they overcome their own cultural, racial, religious and other differences and work together?
With their loved ones at risk, how can they avoid being caught up in the War of Wars themselves?
Asking the boldest questions of our time while unfolding a spectacular epic adventure that is also a profoundly spiritual tale, THE GANESA PALINDROME is a tour de force of imagination by the author of the internationally acclaimed Ramayana Series.
THE GANESA PALINDROME: PALIMPSEST
by Ashok K. Banker
