Uncover Cult Of Chaos (Anantya Tantrist Mystery) Presented By Shweta Taneja Released As Audio Books
her "Ghost hunters of Kurseong", author Shweta Taneja has delivered another fastpace, excellent read, The details about tantrism shows the good research that has gone into the writing, The main character Anantya and her trials and tribulations go at a very fast pace, I cannot wait for the second and third books, Quick Plot: A modernday female tantrist has to battle demons, naagins and the scariest monster of all, government bureaucracy to prevent a kinky, sex addict megalomaniac to turn Delhi into a feeding ground for an ancient forgotten God,
This is the first Indian urban fantasy novel I read and I must say it was on par with the Riordian standard for urban mythological fantasy.
The setting is in Delhi but the underbelly is crawling with various raaksas, asuras and daaysus who want to live the normal human life, There are tantrik organisations, government bodies and other aspects which makes this world setting quite believable, Full points for world setting,
The protagonist, Ananya, is flawed, troubled by her past and has an affination for smoking beedis, If the name was never mentioned I would have assumed it was a male character, the character gives a feeling of a hardboiled steampunk bounty hunter feel and I am tired of it.
Its great to see badass women but once I would like to see a female character displaying her feminine sense and sensibilities, Her thoughts and modus operandi will be different from men and that would make an interesting novel to read,
The ending is like a Bollywood movie, predictable and all ends well, If the author intended to make a series maybe a cliffhanger would have given the readers something to look forward to in the next novel but none the less it is a great read.
Highly recommended if you want something raunchier than Amish Tripathi, Cult Of Chaos
By Shweta Taneja
In an era when youngsters are more into the loviedovie stuff, comes the mysterious and adventurous novel Cult of Chaos.
Plot:
In a world that has their own tantric society council and laws, a girl is being sacrificed every full moon in the shadow of a black tantrik ritual.
As soon as Anantya Tantrist comes to know about the dark happenings of Tantrik world, she pledges to stop and solve the mystery behind those acts, Every sacrifice that takes place lefts Anantya more agitated to find out about the ritual that is being performed,
Knowing that the final outcome of calling the Chaos God will destroy the entire city, she gets on this journey to save the city and humankind facing all the supernatural objects and activities that comes in her way.
Will she be able to get successful in achieving her objective of saving Delhi and the seven girls from being butchered
What is the mystery of Cult of Chaos
Who is behind the hustle bustle that is taking place in the tastrist sector
Read this mind exciting book to uncover all the mysteries that followed.
Positives:
Created by the master artist Shweta Taneja, COC is not just a novel but the birth of a new world with a magical touch of tantrism.
Right from the imagination she had penned in this book, to the language and characters planned, I will appreciate each and every part in this section to acknowledge authors hardwork.
Simple and effective language is been used to make this book understandable, This book is not age group specific because every thrill and mystery lover will like it irrespective of their age, Grammar and spellings are taken care of pretty well, Dialogue writing, characterplanning and description of the different creature mentioned are done wonderfully, Starting is excellent and curiosity creating but the book becomes a bit slow in the middle,
Negatives:
Ending on a perfect note of Anantya saving the world, the book could have been a bit short, Some of the characters and unnecessary scenes are stretched too much which could have been avoided to earn an extra score,
Final Opinion:
A wonderful effort, this will leave you awestruck with its mind boggling construction of a new tantrik world in the boundaries of Delhi.
Final Rating:
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I am the author of this book, so of course I'm prejudiced, especially for Anantya, the girl who's doing everything in this fantasy that I would dream of doing.
Playing the bad girl role to perfection, But I won't tell you to buy the book, Instead, just putting down here what other authors and mainstream media till now've said about the book,
What other Authors said:
Cult of Chaos is racy, rousing, rambunctious and rakshasful, Read immediately. Samit Basu
An author with an impressive imagination and terrific storytelling skills Ashwin Sanghi
What mainstream media is saying:
'Cult of Chaos promises to be a crimebusting story unlike any other.
' Asian Age
'The terrible, scary and horrific side of society is explored, . . ' Economic Times
'Taneja sure knows how to get the readers hooked and hang in anticipation, . ' Mail Today
Anantya Tantrist is the new gumshoe in town' The Hindu
'Her protagonist is so well developed that she can have Twitter discussions with her.
' New Indian Express
', . . engages and piques your interest at every level, . . ' Deccan Chronicle
' She has explored a unique genre with her book, ' The Hindu
'Edgy thriller' MidDay
'The country's first tantrik detective novel, which also talks about the key issue of women's safety, ' Business Standard
Read more reviews on my website
sitelinkwww, shwetawrites. com/anantya
If you pick it up, I do hope you embrace Anantya like I've done,
Enjoy! Video Link sitelink youtube. com/watchvEClYm
The Matsya Curse Anantya Tantrist Mysterywas reviewed by us almost a year back, Later on, we got the copy of "Cult of Chaos Anantya Tantrist Mystery", Yes, you heard me correct, we read amp reviewed partwithout reading previous one, There isof independence between two volumes, Unfortunately, we were not able to take parton priority, which made book the victim of bug called "Shelved" just like thend page of Google, But we cannot do that injustice for a long time, so this Diwali we renamed thatnd page as thest page and all those pending books became our priority.
As this is the first part of the series,
the book started with an introduction not plain paragraph amp paragraph of details, it is in story format only of the separate underground world of tantric.
The world of Tantric was divided intosects, who prefer amp follow their own rituals, A governing body was in place to make sure things would be in control, Then there were all mythic creatures like Dasyus, Danava, Ghost, Rakshasas and what not, Among that world our protagonist, Anantya, lived life on her own terms, She was living away from her clan reasons known to her, To survive she started working as a Tantric Detective amp helps CBI to solve cases associated with black magic, This is where our story starts when she was working on the case, Things started revealing gory truth that can destroy the human world, It was linked to her past so deep that she needed to fight on emotional front as well as the physical front, Read the book to know more,
Coming to our take from the book, it has the potential to start "Cult of Anantya" among readers, It is sad that Indian film/tv industry is not able to take benefits of such wonderfully written books, Yes, you heard me right, the book is capable enough for adaption for the screen, Characters, plot amp visualization shows deep research rather than just another bedtimestory or onthespotmadeupstory, As I have already readnd part, I cannot say waiting for it but yesrd part may be equally interesting, The best part is the way storytelling merged with a fictional description of people amp places, The cover art is also interesting enough to leave an impression for a long time,
The only issue is a little bit slow paced at multiple places,
Detailed Link sitelink blogspot. com I really don't understand Tantrics or black magic, Neither do they fascinate me in anyways, So I had my doubts when I picked this up, But the book was surprisingly good to read, Fast paced, interesting thriller. I did feel lost at times with many kinds of magic and techniques but the fact that the author has tried to build a world where tantrics, ausras and humans all live together and where technology is making use or misuse of magic is fascinating Spooky and racy!
Full review here:
sitelink wordpress. com In an alternative modernday New Delhi, supernatural forces have come into the open: the tantrics, who have always practiced a form of magic, have formed an official government organization gods walk among mortals disguised as fat businessmen nagas and other supernatural creatures haunt special, magical bars and one lone woman tantrist works as a detective, trying to keep these supernatural beings from killing each other or at least, clean up after they are done.
Anantya is an incredibly strong spellcaster who knows her way around potions and magic of all sorts, Being the only major female tantrist except for her reclusive guru, she faces a lot of scorn and disapproval, and her fiery temper often gets her into trouble.
For all that, she is an excellent, quickthinking detective with a talent for surveillance and fighting and a need to protect those who no one else will.
When a string of murders connected to illegal black tantrist rituals shocks the city, Anantya is called in to discover the culprits and their motivations.
As the situation becomes more and more dire, she must use all of her skills, training, and contacts to stop these evil rites that hit closer to home than she even dares to think about.
Tantra, Daevas, Rakshasas, Nagas, and more
This novel was the exact kind of Indianinfused speculative fiction that I have been looking for, The author takes figures from Indian and other mythologies, mixes them with a historical/religious tradition, throws in a dash of magic, and pours everything into the modernday metropolis that is New Delhi.
Read the rest of my review here: sitelink blogspot. in Mindblowing, simply mindblowing. The level of detail that the author has gone into while crafting the main protagonist and the milieu in which the story is set is something that needs to be read to be believed.
Read my full review at sitelink wordpress. com A hot beedi smoking amp bike riding chick carrying a mandala and boneblade comes to your rescue isnt that just fantastic, . . Set in dystopian delhi where the tantriks have set up their own organization and are at par with the other governmental organizations is the story of Anantya Tantrist Cool Surname :D.
The story is fast paced merely spanning a week of horrendous killings at a sweet spot every night of the week with the same situations.
The reader is introduced to a variety of creatures living on different planes and shape shifting for their needs, . From yatus to rakshas from daevas to asuras from apsaras to nagas you get a taste of all of them playing their roles to solve the human sacrifices.
With the help of her potions and mantras Anantya is daring enough to fight any demon, For a girl like anantya, human friends are very unlikely but she receives help from Shukra The Cleanliness Loving Scientist, Madhu The Law Abiding Officer and Dakini Her BFF.
I loved the gore, bloody sacrificial rituals, and sexual shakti The book has lots of them :D, Throughout the story the protagonist is sleep deprived and gets it only when she faints for a while and wakes up naked sometimes tied to mayan ropes and sometime hanging upside down.
Not forgetting the complicated family relations, . sshhhhh.
All in all the the book is fast paced, and the language lucid ignoring the mantras :D and makes a good read for anyone who doesnt get offended by loads of goat blood and a demonic baby.
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