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Chapter One: Drop Ship Troopers

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Location: Drop Ship DS-2187

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“Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana.”

The Sanskrit words from the Bhagavad Gita echo in my mind as our drop ship punches through the upper atmosphere.

My mother’s voice was sweet and melodious as she recited the Sanskrit shloka by memory.

The sound of monsoon rain drumming on our tin roof formed a backdrop to her words....

Chapter One

The first time I heard about the Bombay Lovecraft Society was the year the news broke of the Rockman serial killings. By the time that long, wet Indian summer ended, the anonymous killer’s murderous rampage would forever be supplanted, in my mind at least, by the horrors that I personally witnessed but as I attempt to set down this narrative I find that the two events are bound together in an unbreakable knot. The common factor that links them, of course, is blood, violently...

Enjoy this exclusive excerpt from The Blood of Yoddhas: Ramayana Retold, Book 1

Chapter One: The Slaughter

Nemi was enjoying a perfect day until they came across the caravan.

The sun hung directly overhead, merciless and bright, baking the path into cracked veins of dust. His nine companions rode beside him, their laughter and easy camaraderie a stark contrast to the burning heat of the day. They had been on a hunt for the past week, and the wagon that trailed them was heavy with game they had...