Pralay - The Great Deluge | Book Review

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Pralay – The Great Deluge
Author: Vineet Bajpai
Pages: 315



‘Pralay – The Great Deluge’ is a historical, mythological and fantasy book and is a sequel to ‘Harappa – Curse of the Blood River’. The Harappa Series is a story which revolves around Vidyut Shastri, a young man who is the last devta on Earth and is keen on solving the mystery behind the lost city of Harappa and is totally unaware of the challenges that lay ahead.

An organization named ‘New World Order’ is keen on killing Vidyut and to achieve this they have hired the services of two evil souls - the feared Italian Mafiosa, Maschera Bianca and the most diabolical tantric, Trijat Kapaalik. As Vidyut moves ahead in the journey of revealing the conspiracy of the evils he is unknowingly drawn into a fierce battle which might even end his life along with his well-wishers. Will Vidyut be able to gear up for the challenge and overcome them? To know more read Pralay – The Great Deluge.

The book has a lot of characters all-powerful and who have their own powerful characteristics be it Vidyut Shastri the last devta or Vivaswan Pujari – The Great Surya of Harappa. Then there is Dwarka Shastri – the Great Matthadeesh of the Dev-Rakshasa Matth. The readers will get to see a variety of characters but they are not confusing at all as they have been described in detail in the first book of the series.

The plot of the book is exciting and will keep the reader on edge and want to know what happens next. The story takes us from Harappa of the 1700 BCE to the Council of Nicaea of 325 AD and finally to Banaras of 2017. The author has covered geographical locations from Harappa a land of the noble people who always abide by the rules to the cold dry lands of the Northern mountains to the areas across Hindukush and finally to the present day Rome. The author has done an excellent job of describing the setting beautifully and in detail. I would definitely like to put it down that the author has done his research 

I loved the writing style of the author; it keeps the reader hooked right from the beginning and keeps the readers on edge. Each page has a new twist to offer to the reader. We also get to know how our traditions were evolved. I have actually fallen in love with this whole series and can’t wait to get my hands on Kashi – Secret of the Black Temple. Overall, it is a very good book and a delight to read and would surely recommend Pralay to all my friends and everyone who is interested in reading mythological book.

My Rating: 5/5


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