Ram - Scion of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra Series Book 1)
Ram Rajya. The perfect land. But someone always pays for perfection, and in Amish's sweeping retelling, that burden falls squarely on one man's shoulders. Set in 3400 BCE, this first instalment of the Ram Chandra Series drops us into an Ayodhya fracturing from within. War has left the kingdom hollowed out, and Raavan, the formidable ruler of Lanka, has found something far more insidious than conquest. He bleeds the Sapt Sindhu dry through commerce, leaving its people mired in poverty, hopelessness, and moral rot. They are desperate for someone to lead them toward the light. What they fail to see is that their answer is already standing amongst them. Ram is not the celebrated hero you might expect. He's a prince who has been pushed to the fringes, misunderstood, punished, and yet stubbornly unbowed. He holds to the law when no one else will. With Sita beside him and a tight circle of loyal companions at his back, he faces a world that seems determined to grind him down. Can he shake off the unfair stain others have pressed upon him? Can his devotion to Sita carry him through the darkest stretches of his journey? And can he finally reckon with the man who cast a shadow over his entire childhood? Amish takes a beloved mythological figure and gives him flesh, doubt, and grit. It's a bold, engaging opener to what promises to be a richly layered series.
- Author: Amish
- Publisher: Harper360
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 978-9356290792
- Pages: 354 pages