Publisher's Synopsis
About the Book: The Seeds of War: Mahabharata Series-BookTwo The book readers of The Forest of Stories have been eagerlyawaiting-Book Two in the unfolding saga of the worlds greatest epicfrom Indias epic storyteller, author of the internationallyacclaimed Ramayana and Krishna Coriolis series The Seeds of War, Book Two in Ashok Bankers "MBA"series,introduces us to the elder protagonists of the epic, as wellassome of the great loves and lusts, friendships andenmities,politics and selfsacrifice that will lay the seeds thatwilleventually fester and erupt into the mother of all wars. Atfirstit may seem that the journey is the reward, withseeminglyunrelated love stories, fantastical tales of exploits intheheavenly realms, divine pacts and demoniac trysts. But itsoonbecomes evident that all these form a tapestry revealingthegrandeur and glamour of the Kuru Bharata race itself, thegrowingdescendants of the original tribe that established perhapsthegreatest and oldest human civilization ever known inrecordedhistory. Their loves and enmities are epic, theirstoriesastonishing, and their personalities mercurial. Every pageyou turnreveals magical new thrills and wonders. As onelargerthanlifepersonality after another strides onstage, the dramaratchets up tothriller level, the arrow swarms begin to fly andconflicts turnugly as the author of the Ramayana Series once againproves himselfthe master of epics. About the Author: Ashok Banker Ashok Kumar Bankers internationally acclaimed Ramayana Serieshasbeen hailed by critics as a milestone (India Today) andamagnificently rendered labour of love (Outlook). It is arguablythemost popular Englishlanguage retelling of the ancientSanskritepic. His work has been published in 56 countries, adozenlanguages, and several hundred reprint editions with over1.1million copies of his books currently in print. With the Ramayana Series Banker embarked on a massivelyambitiouspublishing project he calls the Epic India Library.Returning to theroots of t
