Book description
For Tara and her brother, Suraj, the year their mother and
grandfather fled the village of Morni in the middle of the night has
been a nightmare. Their new stepmother is cruel and deceptive, and the
village itself is lacking a healer. What's more, men of the village
have been disappearing, often returning in a strange, altered form.
When a new healer, Zarku, a mysterious man with a third eye
possessing strange power, suddenly appears in Morni, all are
mesmerized by his magic -- all except Tara, who sees through his evil disguise.
With nothing but her own courage and wit, Tara tries to find her
missing mother and grandfather, the true healer, in time to save her
village. But along the way she must enlist the help of the god Ganesh
and the lord of death, Yama, or she, like others before her, will fall
victim to Zarku's third eye.
“Mahatab Narsimhan has done a really good job giving mythology an
engrossing modern plot. Read it for a quick adventurous read.”
Mahtab Narsimhan, a native of Bombay (Mumbai), has always been
fascinated by Indian mythology, fantasy, and adventure. Her debut 2007
novel, The Third Eye, won the 2009 Silver Birch Award. The
second part of the Tara Trilogy, The Silver Anklet, was
published in 2009. She lives in Toronto.
