The Itchy Empire

THE BRITISH EMPIRE HAD RULES. KAVAN AND KUBER HAD QUESTIONS.In 1922 India, twelve-year-old twins Kavan and Kuber have a lot to deal with.School. Parents. Annoying adults.Oh, and the fact that the British Empire is apparently very committed to telling everyone how to behave.But things go completely off the rails when their revolutionary uncle accidentally breaks an ancient pot.Now Kavan has a tiny blue god living in his head.Kuber has an orange god with a serious snack problem.And suddenly, life is giving them zero peace.Their terrifying school headmaster is hiding a machine that can suck spirits out of children. A British Governor is searching for mysterious objects with the potential to change everything. And somewhere between family secrets, colonial bureaucracy and two supernatural roommates who are absolutely not pulling their weight, the twins discover that they may be part of something called the Nine Vessels of Petty Chaos.Which sounds cool.It is not.With an increasingly suspicious Empire, a revolutionary uncle, a grandmother who definitely knows more than she's saying, and supernatural powers that come with deeply embarrassing side effects, Kavan and Kuber must figure out what happened to them before someone else does.No pressure. No spoilers. Maximum chaos.A laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure set in 1920s India, blending Indian mythology, historical satire, mystery and a modern Gen-Z voice that brings the world of the British Raj gloriously-and sometimes disastrously-to life. Because history is never boring when you're living through it. Especially when someone is farting during a revolution. THE RAJ CHRONICLES begins with THE ITCHY EMPIRE.