I know there have also been very critical comments on this books. This was one of those books which made me restless until I finished the book. 🌼 The book was absolutely how I have had heard about it.
I'll read on a bit more, but I'm unlikely to finish "The Immortals of Meluha." All well and good, but that leaves this reader bereft of any sense of mystery exploration, discovery, intrigue, suspense or interest in the development of his character or story. Here is a sample of the style: ' "What the hell is going on here?" Shiva asked agitatedly." Shiva, as the author cheerfully informs us in the first few pages, is a great warrior come to save Meluha (the presumed autonym for the "Indus Valley Civilization" according to Sumerian contemporary records) from its "terrorist" enemies, destined to become a god. Unfortunately, reading author Amish's blurb in which he describes himself as a ".boring banker turned happy author" is instructive, because the story reads very much like an alternate history/mythology novel written by a banker. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation." I thought this would be right up my alley and ordered it. I am a history buff and was searching in the catalogue under the "Alternate History/fantasy/sci fi/mythology" genre when this title came up, promising a novel set in "1900 BC. This is the first book in a trilogy on Shiva, the simple man whose karma recast him as our Mahadev, the God of Gods.
The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: ‘When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge.’ Is the rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva really that hero? And does he want to be that hero at all? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, by duty as well as by love, will Shiva lead the Suryavanshi vengeance and destroy evil? To make matters worse, the Chandravanshis appear to have allied with the Nagas, an ostracised and sinister race of deformed humans with astonishing martial skills. They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis. This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. The inhabitants of that period called it the land of Meluha–a near perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation.
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