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The village of Rudrakshapalem awakens, and tellsher tale.Five friends return to the village of their childhoodto find that nothing seems to have changed, andat the same time everything has. Whose voice isit that called them back, and whose hand is it thatnow hunts them down, one by one?Palem’s grand old man, a Brahmin landlord, theirchildhood storyteller, makes one last ditch attemptto save his village from ruin at her hands. Will hesucceed or will his past catch up with him anddemand fair price?Two boys, one blind and the other lame, skirt thevillage borders at the old Shivalayam, listening,staring. On their faces they wear smiles ofcontentment. They sleep well. They see happydreams.A TV reporter arrives to study the village, only tosink deeper into the mystery with each passingday.And hovering above all of these is the shadow ofLachi, who is believed to haunt the old Shivalayamon full moon nights. Some say she’s consumed bylust, others call it madness, but all catch the redglint in her eye and the icy calm in her voice asshe croons a sad, lonely song. The one thing shehungers for, that will satisfy her soul, is the fire thatwill burn Palem down to ashes.The village of Rudrakshapalem awakens, and tellsher tale. Listen closely. It will chill you to the bone.ISBN - 9789384030681
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