Name: Shekhar Kapur's Devi
ISBN: 9781934413067

Samit Basu

Shekhar Kapur

Saumin Patel

Aditya Chari

Part human and part goddess, Devi must learn to wield her goddess powers so that she can save the world from Lord Bala's evil grip, as Lord Bala tries to obtain the Source--an ancient vessel of unimaginable power. Original.

Shekhar Kapur's Devi

The Hissing Saint

I had picked up this book with a lot of scepticism especially after seeing that the book was being recommended by Priyanka Chopra! What motivated me was Samit Basu. Now this is definitely a decent read but not something that hooked me so well that I would want to re-read it again. The story seems to be heavily borrowed from Tolkien and melded along with the usual clichéd characters. The writing too is nothing to write home about and felt almost hurried. The art work on some of the panels is pretty awesome and I think they did a great job in rendering the character of Devi as well as Lord Bala and Iyam. There is definitely more coming in this series and I seriously hope they put in some effort on the writing and fleshing out the story. Looking forward to the next installment and let's hope that we don't get another half baked product.