Satyayoddha Kalki, Book 2: Eye of Brahma (The Kalki Trilogy)

Loved the trilogy!

The book is really good and entertaining, however, Amazon sells this book with about 30 missing pages from the end. I have no idea why they do this, but unfortunately, that's what happens.

Not about the great Hindu hero. Pedestrian plot. Too many characters; somewhat confusing.

If you ask me to give 5 best Indian Mythological fiction title that I have read, the Kalki has made it place the moment I read part 1 (Dharmayoddha Kalki: Avatar of Vishnu). So along with Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi, Vikramaditya Gatha by Shatrujeet Nath, Ajaya by Anand Neelakantan, and Sangram Sindhu Gatha by Vivek Kumar, Avatar of Vishnu by Kevin Missal is part of my personal favorite and must-have & must-recommended category book. We waited almost 1 year for this awaited sequel. So here I am discussing book 2 (Satyayoddha Kalki: Eye of Brahma) This part started with multiple subplots. 1) Kalki's travel towards Mahendragiri hills - He was accompanied by Kripa & Padma. As usual tragedy and adventure followed them. They met some ancient tribes. 2) Arjan's Imprisonment - Capture by Kali's force, Arjan was imprisoned & forced to entertained royals by means of the duel. He was mentally harassed by Kali. 3) Kali's sister's attempt to reveal her assistant's true motive & in that process met with a new ally, daughter of Indragrah. She also wanted to help Arjan. 4) Manasa's entry into the Naga Kingdom. She found her country in turmoil of civil war. Her brother's family was assassinated by Suparnas. She needed to overcome this obstacle if she wanted to take revenge on Kali. Above are just a portion of the first half of the book, "The Coup of Indragrah". The second part "The Dandak Rebellion" has its own subplots. In short, you cannot put down the book before finishing it. Rarely you will find a story woven with multiple important characters and their part in it. The author has wonderfully portrayed his imaginary world and glued readers to the same. Each story flows so smoothly and merged with another story that you hardly felt ripples. It is very difficult to create so many characters and let them play their part. And if you can do it properly your work will be revered, same is the case here. Wonderful characterization, smooth flow, clear progression, easy to follow language and pack with action mystery what else you would need from a book. A book story worth having cult or fan following.

It's a good book.

The second in the series, I happened to hear the story, on audibles, just like the first book. I did not have the complaint of echo or over riding talks in this book, so I liked hearing it better than the first one. From the raise of Kali to realization of who he was and what is his purpose the story takes him through a lot of twists and turns. So is it for Kalki, he learns and wins over many of his own strengths and weaknesses while he learns a lot of things over the time. Arjun has a lot to play in this book and emerges as a strong character. Kali starts to get over his grip on the kingdom while he puts off Vedanta as the king to take the throne himself. In a hay of betrayers he starts clearing and killing all those who plot against him, including Vedanta. While Durukti and the princes of Kikatpur try to ploy against Kalki. Durukti understands that Somas has made Kalki a beast and blood thirsty person so she wanted to take him back to where he started so she can have her actual brother. While Vedanta;s daughter wanted to take revenge of her father’s killing. In a series of unexpected events, Kalki is thrown out of Kikatpur, he runs through different emotions and learns that his sister was part of the whole ploy, he hates her but does not leave her. He meets Shukra, who tells him many things about his past and the Eye of Brahma. He then proclaims Kali as the dharma and he has to raise over the adharma, which is Kalki. To do so he has to give a great sacrifice and bring upon the Danavs from the sleep. Kalki learns that Kripa was behind his fathers death, but in a change of events Kripa and Padma are kidnapped by the Vanaras. Kalki learns why Bajarang does not involve himself in any wars, even in maha youdh alongside with the avatar of Vishnu, Govind. Kalki stands for the Bajarang’s army to fight the Vanara fight to win and save their own dynasty. He learns and goes through a lot of emotional changes as he learns how is made the so-called avatar of dharma and what he lost in the course. He also learns about Arjun being alive and requests Padma to return to Arjun to make sure he is not in any bad company or trouble. Though at times I got a little confused, as there were so many characters that came in and so many who died, I still liked the book towards the end. Kevin has pulled in a lot of mythological characters into the book but tried to reason the characters. As in the first book, I still liked the way Kali’s character is built more than Kalki’s. however I liked the learnings that Kalki was given. The changing situations of Manasa, Naga’s princess, her fall and raise with their rivals, the Suparna’s. The book shows how enemies become friends and vice-versa on the need of the hour. That is a good take away from the book, it is so possible that when the need comes even the worst of our enemies become our friends. A lot bloodshed and betrayals are included in this book. Have to see how the next one turns out to be.

Good read.

So much emotions are packed in these 437 pages. Each chapter flows with different perspective of different characters. We venture into different lands, different stories, different characters fighting for different reasons, but all are connected...interwoven in every way. Madness, bloodshed, backstabbing, something prominent happens in each chapter to leave one breathless, emotionally drained. In the middle of all these is The Eye Of Brahma. We support every character whose world we get to know, for they are all right in their own perception. The story raises so many questions, some it answered and some are left for us to contemplate until the next book is here. I'm emotionally drained. You get connected to these character and when there's so many things happening to them, you also feel each and every blow alongside. The places, from Dandka to Suparnabhoomi were described so vividly that you can imagine as you go along with the story. The sequences, especially action and war are described very well to keep the imagination flow without a hitch. Characters have become so much stronger than we have seen them in the book 1. Story flowed without any boring or monotonous part for us to just skip through as I have already said so much things are happening in just a single chapter to miss. Kalki is in the war, well every character is in the war with one or other or with eachother. Twists and damn twists, damn serious bloody twists keeps you grabbing your heart and say- wait, he had a.. Wait he was his... Wait he is... Wait what is.. Wait how is.. Okay that was just me during reading the book.