Illusions of fire
(2025)

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
TEEN NEW FICTION/SHARMA,N

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Teen New & Popular TEEN NEW FICTION/SHARMA,N Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Union Square & Co., [2025]
DESCRIPTION

373 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781454947776, 1454947772 :, 1454947772, 9781454947790, 1454947799, 9781454947776
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Mixes South Asian mythology with the stories of the Mahabharata

"Every morning Laila Bansal wakes up before dawn--hours before her job at the family winery--and trains in hand-to-hand combat with her adopted aunts who, when not tending to their thriving vineyard, are immortal demons sworn to protect Laila's mythological bloodline. Despite the whole 'descendant of Draupadi' thing, Laila leads a peaceful, protected life. That is until Karan, the mysterious and gorgeous new archer in town, tries to cut off her head. Like Laila, Karan and his family are connected to the world of gods and demons. He's on a mission to save his parents, but with him he brings an influx of immortal beings, and mortal ones--all of whom are ready to, you guessed it-- destroy the world"--