TY - BOOK AU - Neelakantan, Anand, AU - Neelakantan, Anand, TI - Queen of Mahishmathi SN - 9789389648720 U1 - 823.92 NEE PY - 2020/// CY - Chennai PB - : Westland Publications Private Limited KW - Literature KW - English and Old English literatures KW - English fiction KW - India -- Fiction N2 - Sivagami's missteps have only deepened her determination to fulfil her father's wish and stop the despicable activities at Gauriparvat. And so she battles on. Unknown to her, however, Maharaja Somadeva's challengers have begaun to close in on the king, and Sivagami finds herself suddenly at a disadvantage. With a player like Somadeva, though, the biggest mistake you can make is to not immediately checkmate and destroy. The game of chaturanga is not quite over. As Sivagami takes on the kingdom's enemies, guided by Somadeva, she finds in her own manoeuvres an echo of the man she has alwyas detested. In her journey to becoming the queen of Mahishmathi, Sivagami must choose between love and ambition, principles and deviousness, selflessness and envy. What does she hold on to, what does she let go? ER -