ASHWAMEDHA
THE GAME OF POWER
BLURB:
You have to dethrone a powerful man to become the most powerful. I was itching to defeat the single most powerful person, but there wasn’t any. I was left with only one choice — to create one.”
Little does Ashwin Jamwal know that the last twenty-five years of his life have been controlled by a master manipulator, who wanted to make him the most powerful man on earth, though for a reason! Ashwin steps up to take oath as the youngest Prime Minister of India and is unknowingly thrown into a vortex of power and authority as the entire world is threatened by a faceless enemy — Hades.
The world starts to look up to Ashwin as the savior, but he was just a pawn, reared only to be sacrificed in the end.
A story of greed, lies, deceptions, manipulations and corruption, Ashvamedha is a thriller revolving around the infamous game of power in a maddening bid to seek absolute control.
The Title:
It appeared to be a very intriguing title to me. As per Wikipedia, in ancient India, Kings to prove their imperial sovereignty by releasing a horse accompanied by the king's warriors to wander for a period of one year. In the territory traversed by the horse, any rival could dispute the king's authority by challenging the warriors accompanying it. After one year, if no enemy had managed to kill or capture the horse, the animal would be guided back to the king's capital. It would be then sacrificed, and the king would be declared as an undisputed sovereign.
If Wikipedia is to be believed, the Title is the most apt for this political thriller. It is a game of power indeed, where the horse or Ashwin Jamwal is reared only to be sacrificed in the end. So, whether the centre of power remains with one King or is shifted to the other one, the Horse has to be sacrificed beyond doubts.
My Take:
I always believe that a good beginning is half the job done. The debut of the author Aparna Sinha is no doubt a good one. Some typographical errors here and there do not really matter. The end was no doubt a surprise, this is a different matter altogether that I could not agree with it. However, that is my personal perception. The author has all the freedom in the world to use her creativities.
Full points on the language, the cover page and the presentation style.
SUMMARISATION:
Has anyone watched the 24 series..if not..please watch it.
Points: 4/5
