Review of The Sixth

Title : The Sixth ; The Legend of Karna

Author : Karan Vir

As the blurb of the book goes : Karan vir Oberoi, a real-estate magnate living in New York has recurrent dreams of someone that looks like an ancient warrior clad in golden armour adorning golden earrings. He feels a deep bond with the warrior but the dreams remain a mystery to him. After miraculously surviving an assassination attempt, Oberoi is determined to seek answers. His quest for truth leads him back to his homeland India where his true destiny awaits him.

Karna, the legendary hero from the Mahabharata is considered as one of the most valiant and generous kings of his era. He defied social customs and traditions to achieve immortal glory by his virtues and skills. He became a king and trusted friend of Duroyadhana – the crown prince of Hastinapur.

Embark on a journey with Oberoi as the two worlds blend and as he seeks the answer to his existence.

Will history repeat itself or will Oberoi choose to venture into an uncharted territory? Unravel the mystery. Read the legend!

The Sixth — The legend of Karna is a masterpiece in storytelling by Karan Vir Arora — an Award winning CEO/Creative Director Vimanika Comics. He ushers us not only into his passionate research of fifteen years but the grandeur of a forgotten era, and presents before us a completely new and unexplored facets of Kama in his debut novel and the rumoured bestseller.

My View : The story of Karna from Mahabharata is known to all. What story does the pen of Karan Vir tells in his debut book is a question to ask. In his debut, Karan tries to grab reader's attention by pasting the pictures of past and present in front of readers. He tries to entertain readers by grinding the elements from an epic tale to that of an ordinary person belonging  from an 21st era. While gauging the proportion of the past and the present events, I found there is so much of content from past ,which readers are already aware of, and there is less to find from the present events, which readers are more interested to know.


Despite of the fact that Karan doesn't make much impact when it comes to frame two different pictures in a single frame, he keeps reader's attention alive through the art of words he is blessed with. I would enjoy it more if only I got to sail through only one part of the story, this way my expectation from the writer wouldn't turn down, and I would enjoy the journey as much as author wants me to.

All in all, it is a nice book, but if Karan is planning to come out with the second book, I would like to see him do justice with both the parts.

Thanks and All the Best!


Rating : 3/5

Reviewer : Shweta Kesari