Soul Cosmic by Himani

Publisher: Story Mirror

Verdict: ☆☆☆☆ A book with unique combination of Mythology and Thriller. An engrossing tale with Perfect narration that will not allow you to put down the book till you finish it. A must read book for all the Mythology Lover.

About the book:  In the year 1232, A King planned to build an enigma on the shore of Chandrabhaga Beach. Twelve hundred ‘Shilpis’ took an oath to build the most magical art form of the world. The complex temple architecture got the best of science and mythology. Days turned into months and months into years. Convictions became stronger to spellbind the world. But, they failed to place the magnetic idol, which happened to be the heart of the entire design. Twelve years of blood and sweat ended with the ultimate announcement from the King – The death sentence to all. However, destiny had different plans for them. A miracle boy came to the rescue. His magical touch saved their lives. When the task got completed, all eyes searched for their savior. But he was not there. He had committed suicide. This mystery remained unsolved until the year 2008 when investment banker Shashank was arrested in a double murder and rape charges. A saga of crime, passion and mystery.

About The Author: Bibhu Datta Rout is an Indian novelist and investment banking professional. Born in Odisha, Bibhu spent his childhood in Bhubaneswar, and most of his twenties and thirties in the cities of New Delhi, Singapore, Detroit, and Tokyo. He has been working as a banking professional for last 15 years. During this period, he has worked for companies like UBS, Barclays, and Citi and is currently with Credit Suisse as Assistant Vice President. Algorithms Trading, High-Frequency Trade, and quantitative analytics are his core skills. Apart from a professional career, he is equally active with various social foundations such as Cancer Community, Sing Oriya Foundations, etc. before thinking of writing his debut novel. In his free time, he loves aimless driving, building a repository for advertising ideas, meeting new people and discovering life. He is currently living in Mumbai.

Review: The cover of the book is Beautifully designed especially the Sun temple and the tagline A crime planned 800 years ago along with the blurb of the book urged the readers who always wait for the fresh and different concept to buy the book and read it. This is debut book of Bibhu Dutta Rout who had stepped into the world of writing and I must say as a debut writer he choose the best subject for writing. As a reader, I just loved reading the book. It is for the first time there are three prologues for three different years which are so interesting that you feel like doing nothing just simply take the book in your hand and read it till the end. The scientific things mentioned in this book is very well researched work by the author. The best part of the story is no one can predict the storyline till the end. The characterisation is very well described and each character has its own importance. The best part of the author is, he had handled the flashback brilliantly otherwise readers get confused when three different parallel stories are running but Bibhu had handled it perfectly without making the readers confused. The highlight of the story is its end which will make the readers search for the next series.  I would congratulate both author and publisher for giving readers such a brilliant book. I would request all the readers to grab this book. It’s worth a purchase.

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