A new Indian Author with a new book. Promos on FB looked promising. When I accepted to an honest review of the book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Once I completed reading it, I had just one word. ..Different!! Neelabh Pratap Singh holds a Promise.
It’s good to see authors and that too new ones opting for a strong and different genre. Otherwise, the market is filled with the light-hearted romance. I will use my standard attributes to judge the book.
Book’s Title – ‘The Resurrection of Evil’, the title is what attracted me. Translating to ‘coming back to life after the death of Evil’. How and why? One can make out that the book is a thriller. The Cover is equally interesting.
The Theme/Concept – One can draw parallels with or see streaks of inspiration from the likes of Christopher C Doyle, Dan Brown. A lot of mythology mixed with events in the current world. One will meet many mysterious characters. An antique artefact goes missing and how the events unfold. As the story moves, one travels from Haridwar to Kerala. Quite interesting to see how some of the religious places get connected. The concept revolves around Good vs Evil and how Good eventually wins.
Story – It’s a fast paced story and if one has interest and bit of Indian Mythology knowledge, one would find the book a page turner. Neelabh starts with a family and its sad relation status and how a mysterious character smiles at it and draws the negative energy and converts into positive. I really liked the analogy, it truly depicts the falling apart of families and family values.
The author goes from present day to the days of Devas and Asuras with ease and without breaking the flow of the story. But there are some points where we find some Bolly/Hollywood’ish’ fight sequences. For the story, it is an integral part, but personally I found some of them could have been shortened.
Mythology is the main ingredient here and the author draws a connection between Indian ,Mayan , Irish,Nagas mythology. He introduces to the concept of ‘Reverse Aryan Invasion’—Not too complicated as it sounds! All this clearly shows the level of research which the author has done and it is truly appreciable.
There are some concepts, like the descendants of Asuras, Flying Saucers, etc. Where one may stop and question, but as the author says ‘You cannot question of anything just on the basis of the fact that you haven’t ever seen it’. Why else would the scientists across world search for the existence of aliens!!
Reader’s Comfort – As I said earlier, it’s a fast-paced book. But the flip side is since it is so much inspired by Mythology, one needs to have a basic understanding to get connected to the book. As I completed the book, I realized that I wanted more of the content. Maybe elaboration of some points and may be a pictorial depiction of relation between Various Rishis, Daityas, Danavas. But the best part is that the book does end with a strong message of how much negative energy is spread in the world and it we humans who are responsible for our own destruction!
Final Verdict: Grab a copy! A must read book. We do need authors and storytellers who think differently. Neelabh is one such.
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