The Simoqin Prophecies

The Simoqin Prophecies

Product ID: 12438

Regular price
$24.95
Sale price
$24.95
Regular price
Sold out
Unit price
per 
Shipping calculated at checkout.

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days

Author: Samit Basu
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 505
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143030434

Description

The Simoqin Prophecies marks the debut of an assured new voice. Written with consummate ease and brimming with wit and allusion, it is at once classic sff and subtle spoof, featuring scantily clad centauresses, flying carpets, pink trolls, belly dancers and homicidal rabbits. Monty Python meets the Ramayana, Alice in wonderland meets The Lord of the Rings and Robin Hood meets The Arabian nights in this novel-a breathtaking ride through a world peopled by different races and cultures form mythology and history.

The Prophecies foretell the reawakening of the terrible rakshas, Danh-Gem, and the arrival of a hero to face him. But heroes do not appear magically out of nowhere; they have to be found and trained. And sometimes the makers of prophecies don’t know everything they need to know.

As the day of Danh-Gem’s rising draws closer and the chosen hero is sent on a quest, another young man learns of terrible things he must do in secret and the difficult choices he must make in order to save the world from the rakshad.

Drawn from a variety of sources ranging from Greek and Indian epics to spy novels, fairy tales to superhero comics. The Simoqin Prophecies is a compelling tale, marked by meticulous plotting and artful storytelling-a page-turner sure to grip you from start to finish.