The Red Sea Promise

A vow written in the stars. A voyage interrupted by the sea. A love that waitedthree centuries still to be continued.Kozhikode, 1678. In the "Emerald Serpent" of the Malabar Coast, where the scentof cardamom masks the rot of colonial power, two souls find a dangerous symmetry.Raghava, a brilliant Brahmin scholar-merchant, is more at home with ancient palm-leaf manuscripts and the occult science of the stars than the chaos of the market.Lalitha, a defiant Nair widow with a sharp intellect and a sharper wit, manages herfamily's herb trade with the precision of a seasoned bureaucrat.Their attraction is immediate-an "invisible thread" pulling across a heap of sun-dried ginger. But in the rigid world of the Zamorin's rule, they are the ultimate star-crossed lovers.As Raghava initiates Lalitha into the forbidden mysteries of G¿¿ha-¿¿stram (thehidden sciences), they forge a bond that transcends social caste and physical law.But when a treacherous betrayal leads to a tragic maritime disaster at the SuheliReef, their "Unfinished Voyage" is swallowed by the Arabian Sea.Chennai, 2016. Centuries later, the "Humming" returns.Through a copper stylus and a jagged ring fragment, the past begins to bleed intothe present. The debt of 1678 must be settled. The romance that began in a 17th-century spice market is about to reach its final shore.If you love stories of eternal love, reincarnation, andthe maritime secrets of Ancient India, this voyage is for you.

Pagina's: 178, Hardcover, Notion Press