The Shiva Trilogy penned by Amish Tripathi is simple, elegant, engrossing and a highly appealing series.
All three books, "The Immortals of Meluha", "The Secret of the Nagas" and "The Oath of the Vayuputras" have thrill, suspense and amazing story to offer.
This is the kind of story a reader doesn't want to stop reading in the middle and hence the wait for the sequel to be released must have been bad for those who had finished the previous book.
For me, I read the books after all three had been released and I had the privilege of picking up the sequel from my bookshelf as soon as the first book got over.
Story of Lord Shiva is quiet popular among most of the Hindu devotees, yet this series narrates it very diffferently, of course it is fictional, and it so beautifully written that it has no parallels.
Indians believe in Lord Shiva or the Neelkanth or the Mahadev as the deity is commonly known, as the destroyer of evil.
This series goes onto explain how these names came into existence and author makes it sound real and imaginable.
The story begins with a common tribal man, drinking a health potion and becoming Neelkanth, because of his throat turning blue.
Itis a little difficult to imagine initially, about Shiva coming on earth many many years after Lord Ram (the most honest and just king of all times and an incarnation of Lord Vishnu) has ruled the state.
But once you get used to this and continue reading the book, there is nothing that can stop you from finishing all three books in the series.
Each one begins exactly where the previous one ended, each one offers new twists in the tale, new secrets, new deceptions and new revelations.
All and all an action packed amazing story which has left me in a state of wanting more and feeling spoilt for any other read.
The story is woven with real characters like Sati being the wife of Shiva, Ganesh & Karthik, their two sons.
Kali is depicted as the twin sister of Sati, while in the legend we have grown up hearing, she was just another form, Sati took up when she needed to be fierce and violent.
The transformation of the character of Shiva from a simple tribal man, who just wants to run away from the horror of his past and wishes peace for his tribe into someone who is responsible to find and destroy evil is amazing.
The way he rises to the call of duty, not knowing where his destiny would take him, is remarkable.
His sorrows, grief and the guilt on realising he waged a war against the wrong people is genuine and heart-warming.
His fury and anger on loss of his loved ones shows the real fury and anger of the legend of Shiva.
Worth giving it a try for any fiction and fantasy lover.
This trilogy will not disappoint you!