A thrilling Adventure in Mauryan India
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🇮🇳 Not many novels are set in ancient India, and even fewer in an exciting era a few years after Alexander the Great’s death when Chandragupta Maurya ascended the throne. With “Maurya” come on an epic journey in this ancient historical fiction that pits clever adversaries against each other. Featuring Seleucus, Chanakya/Kautilya, and Chandragupta Maurya, come on a diabolical adventure where deception is at every turn. This is an adventure you do not want to miss! Read. Tell your friends too.
Background
The Mauryan empire of ancient India is an epochal moment in Indian history. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya after the overthrow of the Nanda dynasty ruler Dhana Nanda (Augrasainya), the empire reached its zenith under his grandson Ashoka (Ashoka the Great), spanning from Afghanistan, to the eastern borders of India, and all the way to the South to the modern state of Karnataka. Taken together, the Mauryan empire’s geographical coverage at Chandragupta’s time was greater than the combined approximate size of modern Iraq, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Greece, Macedonia. And it became even larger during his grandson’s time.
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🔥 Deon and Eurydice return in this thrilling new adventure in ancient India!
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309 B.C. India.
Who’s lying?
It has been nearly fifteen years since Alexander the Great’s death, and his kingdom, from Macedonia to the borders of India, has been torn to pieces by his rapacious and ambitious generals. Seleucus Nicator reigns in Babylon, presiding over the eastern empire from Syria to the Indus River.
But no expanse of land is enough for the insatiable ego of a man who seeks glory by accomplishing what his deified King once could not—conquering the vast and wealthy India, where a powerful new emperor, guided by a cunning and brilliant mentor, poses a threat to Seleucus’ ambitions.
Now, Deon, with his prodigious memory, and Eurydice, with her linguistic prowess, are back, assisting Seleucus in a diabolical new mission into the heart of the unknown. The two are about to plunge into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, where wit is as much a weapon as a sword, and where one miscalculation can lead not only to their terrible deaths but end the entire Seleucid empire.
Deon and Eurydice return once again in this sixth book of the Whispers of Atlantis anthology that can also be enjoyed as a standalone.
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