The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father. Cold, calculating, and cruel, he becomes the most powerful political strategist in Bharat, uniting a ragged country against the invasion of Alexander the Great's army. Through cunning strategies, he installs Chandragupta on the throne of the mighty Mauryan empire.

History knows him as the brilliant strategist Chanakya. Satisfied—and a little bored—by his success, he writes his Arthashastra, the ‘science of wealth’, and recedes into the shadows.

Two and a half millennia later, history repeats itself in the avatar of Gangasagar Mishra, a Brahmin teacher in small-town India. Modern India, riven by class hatred and divisive politics, becomes Gangasagar’s feasting ground. Can this wily pandit bring about another miracle of a united India? Will Chanakya’s chant work again?

Ashwin Sanghi, the bestselling author, brings you yet another historical spine-chiller.