‘Gabriati : Rise of the Preceptor’ by Sreyus Palliyani is an interesting book. It starts off with a prologue,
telling us of a covert brotherhood, which is 3,000 years old. The job of the
brotherhood is now at stake, as the protagonist stands up.
He is Gabriati, an almost
superhero, with powers, which could leave the people of the world, flabbergasted. It
basically runs across the globe, across people, and manages to kill them and
protect them. With utmost cruelty and utmost gentleness, Gabriati takes on to
the world’s largest religious institutions.
It is up to him to
find, research and hunt. Through ruthless killings and through gentle ways, he
manages to get through his living days. Whether it is the terrorists, or the so
called saints or the swamis of the world, Gabriati would find them. You never
really get where he is or what he is doing, but one thing is for certain, he
will definitely get his man, at the end.
Palliyani, though is
good at the research, tends to test my patience. It did make sense to me, that there
are bad people, and he would find ways of destruction, but what did not make sense,
was the pages and pages around it. The book touches upon the various ways of handling
of faith and how it is manipulated, over a period of time.
The book is of a fast
pace, but I felt at times, that it could have
been a tad, faster if only the
pages were down. And the second story of Michael and Azaria was an interesting
one, and I wish that it did not overshadow the original Gabriati story. There
are times when it tends to do that, and probably take over the story.
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But, in the end, the
story told is a good one, and I hoped that this one was in two parts. But nevertheless,
welcome to the world of publishing, Sreyus Palliyani…
You can Buy the Book, right here.
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