Title : Frontiers of
Karma -The Counterstroke
Author : Medha Deshmukh
Bhaskaran
Blurb : War
till death and beyond...
Seventeen century
Hindustan. The Sunni Mughals rule the north even as the Deccan lies under the
rule of the Shia kingdoms.
At a time when jagirdar
Shivaji, a Maratha landholder from the western Deccan, is busy eliminating the
self-serving, native landlords, Aurangzeb, third in the line to the Mughal
throne, declares war on the Shia kingdoms. Shivaji does what no one has done
before: he plunders Mughal terrain while Aurangzeb bathes the Deccan in blood.
Aurangzeb hates the audacity of the kafir. It can set a dangerous precedent but
first, he must forge a bloody path to the Mughal throne.
Frontiers of Karma is
the story of Raja Shivaji’s passion to create a swaraj for his people and Emperor
Aurangzeb’s pathological obsession to eliminate Shivaji and his ideology. The
Counterstroke is the first part of the trilogy delineating Shivaji’s astounding
confrontation with Aurangzeb’s brilliant politics.
About the Author : The
author is a microbiologist and has worked for food and pharmaceutical companies
in marketing as well as business development in countries like Germany, India
and the United Arab Emirates. She was also a freelance health columnist for a
leading newspaper in the Gulf for several years. Now she is a full time writer
and pursues farming as a hobby.
My View : Frontiers of Karma The Counterstroke
is a historical fiction. The kooky title of the book doesn’t propound anything
about the book to its readers; but the attractive cover gives a clue that the
story may be related to a king or kingdom or maybe a war.
The story revolves around two main protagonists named Shivaji
and Aurangzeb. The prologue of the book was written so well that it will definitely
fill the reader with the excitement to locate more in the book and discover it.
The description of the places is done in a commendable way and it looks
realistic; the details in the book are fascinating to read. The book offers
different facets about Shivaji’s character and promises to provide a sail
through the incidents of his life. The blurb of the book does not unravel so
much about the book but it is enough to set the readers on reading track in no
time.
I am not a history lover but this book was written in such a
manner that it will definitely attract its readers. The beauty of episodes
described in book clearly shows the research authoress has done; there is no
doubt that the authoress had put on her efforts to glean all the information
flawless so as to pen down a story on the beam. Articulation of the sentences
is very much impressive and catchy that will definitely prod a reader to trace
out the reading track.
The story was written so wonderfully and the narration of the
story was up to the mark; I found a smooth flow while reading the story and
this was because of the good narration which author had submerged in the book
while writing. I was completely hooked to the book from the beginning till the
end. Authoress has done a neat characterization in the book.
There are a few typing mistakes here and there which will
detach a reader from the reading journey thus resulting in losing the focused attention.
Such mistakes should be dig out to make the story more compelling. I locate
that the some of the chapters in the book are slow paced but the theme which
the book holds is admirable.
A nice read! Recommended to history lovers.
Rating : 4/5
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