Chanakya's Chant

Literary Awards - Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award Winner 2010.

In 340 BC, a vengeful Brahmin youth seeks retribution for his father's brutal murder. With a complete absence of morality, he becomes Bharat's most formidable political strategist, uniting a fragmented nation against the invading forces of Alexander the Great. Employing cunning tactics, he orchestrates a remarkable triumph, placing Chandragupta on the throne of the mighty Mauryan empire.

Renowned as Chanakya, this brilliant strategist retreats into the shadows to pen his Arthashastra, the treatise on wealth. Millennia later, history repeats itself, reviving Chanakya in the form of Gangasagar Mishra, a Brahmin teacher who manipulates ambitious individuals in modern India's divisive landscape. As corruption and class divisions plague the nation, Gangasagar exploits greed and debauchery, striving to unite India once more.

Can this cunning pundit orchestrate another miracle for a fractured India? Ashwin Sanghi, bestselling author of The Rozabal Line, delivers another gripping historical thriller that intertwines the past and present, leaving readers on the edge of their seats.