About the book
Today, He is a God.
4000 years ago, He was just a man.
The hunt is on.
The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati.
Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary.
His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people.
Of that he is certain.
The evidence of the malevolent rise of evil is everywhere.
A kingdom is dying as it is held to ransom for a miracle drug.
A crown prince is murdered.
The Vasudevs - Shiva’s philosopher guides - betray his unquestioning faith as they take the aid of the dark side.
Even the perfect empire, Meluha is riddled with a terrible secret in Maika, the city of births.
Unknown to Shiva, a master puppeteer is playing a grand game.
In a journey that will take him across the length and breadth of ancient India, Shiva searches for the truth in a land of deadly mysteries - only to find that nothing is what it seems.
Fierce battles will be fought.
Surprising alliances will be forged.
Unbelievable secrets will be revealed in this second book of the Shiva Trilogy, the sequel to the #1 national bestseller, The Immortals of Meluha.
Being launched with a massive initial print run of 100,000, The Secret of the Nagas is one of the rare books that has catapulted into the bestseller lists of Neilson Bookscan, Flipkart and Infibeam, even before it’s publication! This has happened on the basis of pre bookings alone.
80,000 of the first print run of 100,000 copies have already been sold to retailers.
Positively surprised by the immense sales, Westland has ordered a reprint of The Secret of the Nagas even before release.
The Secret of the Nagas follows the massive success of it’s prequel, The Immortals of Meluha (Book 1 of the Shiva Trilogy).
Released in March, 2010, The Immortals of Meluha continues to dominate the national bestseller lists and is currently No.
1 on the Neilson Bookscan, which represents 40 per cent of the total book publishing industry’s sales.
Currently, The Immortals of Meluha is at a print run of 175,000.
Therefore, counting the reprint quantity of The Secret of the Nagas, the Shiva Trilogy is at a print run of over 300,000 within just a year and five months of launch