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The Curse of the Maharani
The Ruhera family’s crumbling ancestral haveli in the former princely state of Samantipur has found a buyer. Young Samika and her family are summoned to Samantipur for a final family reunion before the sale of the property. Samika grabs the opportunity as she is curious about the mystery of her father’s sudden disappearance fifteen years ago. The moment she crosses the haveli’s gates, murky family secrets from the past unravel. Rumours abound that Maharani Urvashi, the infamous senior queen from the Ruhera family tree, is now the haveli’s resident ghost. As the hauntings intensify, the legend of the cursed Maharani—once dismissed as local folklore—begins to feel terrifyingly real. For generations, the men of the Ruhera family have died under strange, brutal circumstances—and always after the birth of a son. Now, with another heir on the way, will the Maharani’s curse claim its next victim? And as the past claws its way into the present, will the curse be broken to reveal a chilling truth? Neil D’Silva, bestselling author of Yakshini, delivers a page-turning narrative that leads up to a climactic supernatural battle that will challenge the very foundation of the Ruhera dynasty
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City of Screams
Lonely mall corridors, stuffy hotel rooms, that always-locked apartment in your building— Horror lurks in your city at every bend, and it is waiting to leap at you in your solitary unguarded moment. And when it does, all the commotion of the city wouldn’t be enough to stifle your screams. These 15 stories come from the grisly and ghastly underbellies of our cities. From a young man fighting his mortal fate to a foreigner encountering a ghost in a hotel room, from an urban legend that comes alive by repetition to an online game that seeks real blood, from a demon causing an infectious sleeping illness to a salon that pampers the living daylights out of its clients — these are stories that will make your skin crawl. Dive into this horrific world then… But know that your city isn’t the city of dreams that it is touted to be… In truth, it is the City of Screams.
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YAKSHINI
Halfway to the heavens, in a realm hidden by clouds, a divine beauty—a yakshini—is facing a sentence for her folly. Down on Earth, a couple in Maharashtra is expecting their seventh child and is performing a special yajna to fulfil their desires. By a strange quirk of fate, these two distinctly different lives are soon to be intertwined. Fifteen-year-old Meenakshi is no ordinary girl. Blessed with celestial attributes, she has beauty that would rival a goddess’, a unique communion with nature and a supernatural being living inside her. Even so, Meenakshi lives amongst men and eventually, the evil eye falls upon her. That’s when the yakshini inside her awakens. As the yakshini takes control, Meenakshi is catapulted into a world of passion and violence that even threatens her husband life. Neil d’silva’s yakshini is a toe-curling, spine-tingling tale where mythology comes deliciously alive on the page. With its fantastic creatures and unforgettable characters, the book highlights the tussle between the supernatural and the human, sure to enchant all readers.