Okay, let’s start with
the fun stuff, or should I say the funny stuff.
The hero of this book is named Angel and his father is called Mr
Betterclouds and the heroine is called Ana Indraputri.
‘The Temple of
Avinasi: (Part One) The Legend of the Kalki’ is a book of fantasy fiction built on the tenth
reincarnation of Vishnu. It is a book, which is not exactly mythology, but more
fantasy. The characters are taken in part from the Hindu mythology. The Dev-Asur
war with the humans being involved serves as the backdrop.
The story begins
with Shri, (An immortal/ Dev/ Light-Seeker) who is in search of the Weapon
inside the Asur palace and encounters Darin Fostermark, (also immortal, an Asur
or Nishachar). Brihaspati is the leader of the Devs and was willing to do
anything for the Weapon, but is encountered by his daughter much to his
surprise.
That was the preamble,
but the start is where Shri who has given up the magical world to take care of
the boy, Angel in the Ganga Bari valley in the Himalayas. Angel is out on a
picnic on the mountains, with his two best friends and meets with Nal who is a Yeti
and here ‘his’ story begins.
Nal and Shri meet and
rush the boy away to the land of the immortals and the temple of Avinasi, with
the help of Ana through a teleporting door. Here, Angel meets more of the Devs.
This is done, so Angel can escape the Dark Seekers (Nishachars). As the story
moves ahead there comes a time when Angel must show himself as the tenth
incarnation, Lord Kalki.
The adventures start
over, as the Lord discovers his real parents, his true self, his love for Ana,
the villains and his grandfather, who could be the real test.
Firstly, Angel's
resemblance is there with 'Harry Potter', you cannot miss the Drak Void, the
Centaurs, Thief written on people’s foreheads, and a Pegasus (a thestrsal) with
Devdutt and also the resemblance between Brihaspti and Dumbledore and also
between Shri, Agni and Veda, with James Potter, Lupin, Black Ashtadhwaj with
Draco, Sam with Ron and finally the Dark Lord. (Could not give out the mystery)
and many more. How he changes these into more of this story makes the book. And
please do not miss Salakha, with her vanity bag for the funny-twisted way
Pathak treats this bit.
So, do read Lord Kalki’s
Harry Potterish twist. I liked the way in which, the author Ayush Pathak tries
to blend the Greek mythologies, with the Indian. Overall, I liked it, but it could
have done with more understandable twists. The names are pretty outlandish; you
cannot come out with Ana Indraputri!!
The story has a lot of
potential and it could keep you gripped. The language could be better, I did
not miss the mistakes and the use of the word ‘ain’t’ seemed inappropriate. Another
Leadstart author, Anand Neelakantan told me in an interview regarding ‘Ajaya’, that
with series an author is faced with keeping the interest alive, he says, ‘To keep the interest of
the reader is difficult in a series, but the author
gets a second chance to correct the mistakes in the sequel.’
I
thought Pathak could attempt this, and I wish him all the luck, but he could do
with cutting the six-part series into a three part series. And, also cutting the Harry Potter resemblance.
Author: Ayush Pathak
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Book Editor: Surojit Mohan Gupta
Cover Design: Mishta Roy
Publisher: Leadstart Publishing, an imprint of Frog Books
ISBN :
978-93-83562-38-1
Price: Rs 245 (India) $10 (US)
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