Ram - Scion Of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra Series Book 1)

First & foremost I've to mention that my review is going to be long. Now now, don't get upset because the things I'm going to mention in detail is definitely gonna help the readers attain perfection, salvation & seek resolution. One thing that comes to my mind after finishing this book is Lord 'Rama'.Jai Shri RamDashrath nandanThe will definitely turn out to be a great movie. Trust me on this, very few books resonate with the experience with gives you a feeling that lingers in your throat & mind the moment you reach midway across the book.I felt the same way while reading this. Though a fiction, there have been lots of traces that leads to stark reality accompanied with deep research & explanations.The way it has been written & the climax which gives a feeling that, the story will make a refined series will undoubtedly touch your hearts.Moreover, the humor content adds exuberance to the overall book.Cover is enthralling. It's beautiful, refined & well defined with the plot at hand. I've read both the editions, old & new one & trust me it was worth it. The trident picturesque clearly explains the fantasy & dream aspects that are going to be presented in the book. The way Lord ram carries his bow & shots an arrow is worth watching. The fathom less war & battle cry depicted is just amazing. The soft touch adds another feather to the cap.At first, the title maynot sound appealing to the ears, but trust me folks never judge a book by its title. Just like the folklore goes, 'never judge a book by its cover.'The similarity goes undefined in this context as well.The title goes in apt with the story in hand, well defined with the story written in detail, the explanations given across every segment of the book. Even the minutest detail has been explained with the figment of imagination satiating the curiosity of the readers goes in par excellence of the mature writing exhibited in this book.Theme consists of gameplay, politics, mystery, suspense, copious amount of humour, change in society, friendship, love, happiness, joy, sadness, war, suffering, humanity, gods, angels, demons, mystical weapons, universal power all inhibited with many other aspects making this book a complete surprise to the new readers.Story consists of a couple of warriors along with a traction who's none other than the avatar of vishnu who wishes to bring change to the society via waging a full scale war. Fate brought them under strange circumstances when never in their wildest dreams they decided to opt for politics or lust for kingdom . The fate of the humanity rests upon their hands. However, reason being the same the never-ending zeel to bring happiness to others, freeing them from the clutches of evil.Little did they knew their lives are gonna change because they've been living in an illusion. Because things are not always what we perceive themselves to be. What came next was beyond their feeble imagination.The book talks about a mysterious mystical epic war. A battle between angels & demons, God & Satan himself, good versus evil, heaven versus hell and so on.All in the pretext of a common goal to be achieved at a set duration of time. The game may very well change the fate of the world, as it lies in the mere pawns of the game created by nature itself. The embodiment & manifestation of weapons talked about is what makes it all the more interesting to read!Language is excellent. The choice of words, vocabulary selected in contemporary & in conjunction with the setting. Some touches of American, Britain accent has been retained in some places.Next comes narration, now here I'm succumbed to loss of words. No words can define the amount of depth, perseverance, research, patience has been entailed in this book that compels the readers to go to the very end to know what happens. The plethora of pain that has been taken to narrate such long epic tale is riveting, retelling & making the readers realise the true meaning of life is worth commending upon. No less that I expect from a debut book to make such an impression & leave such foretelling remark on the mind & soul.The story of Lord Ram is absolutely amazing.If you're a fiction lover, sci-fi reader, one who loves being an mythological adventures, watches ramayana then you're simply in for a treat of a lifetime.Procrastination of the sequel is a sheer torture.It is a sheer pain to be kept waiting for the next one!The writer should be tortured and jailed for keeping the readers waiting for second part.The anticlimactic ending was well anticipated for a sequel to come in the distant future.Just go for it!

Amazing novel, delivered on time in great quality. Really enjoyed reading this book and would highly recommend this series.

A definite read! A heroic description of every character - fits well into one's imagination while reading the book. Although I thought there could have been a balance between what's happening in the exile term as well as back in the kingdom during Bharat's reign, Urmila's state of mind and the mothers - none of which was described. But so far the best contemporary style of writing for such an epic that I have ever read. I thought Meluha and Ikshvaku are at par...in their own ways. Meluha kept me interested mainly because we've learnt about the Neelkanth so have a perception but didn't know what's coming up next in the book. Whereas with the Ikshvaku, although a known and predictable story, the chapters kept me intrigued with the way the episodes are entwined and interlinked to one another. Waiting to purchase the next book in the series.

Having read the previous works of Amish, let's say I was very eager to read the Ramayana series. A bit disappointed because the character development of the Lord Rama in his fictional retelling has been done very similar to that of Lord Shiva in Shiva trilogy. An intriguing read nonetheless!

The trilogy Ram, Sita and Raavan are all interesting reads. It shows the perspective of all characters sometimes in same situation, beautifully connected.