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Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Lord of Darkness by Vikrant Shukla


After a long wait, finally I received a copy of Lord of Darkness.

It is a decent read of 267 pages and magic, limits of imagination and an interesting story plot made me sit back, relax and finish the book in two sittings.

Story goes like –

Arpita, a studious, grade seeking student from Pune university, finds it really hard to get a replacement for her old hard disk under a thousand bucks. But, when she finally finds a second-hand disk through the help of her friend, Shipra, she couldn't help but notice that things in her life are no more as they used to be-  the horrifying death of Anwar, the one who installed the disk, the presence of a mysterious, password protected folder in that disk, named ‘Billycan hill’, and a presentation that vaguely mentions a location where one can travel through past and future. After numerous efforts, they finally locate this bizarre spot and decide to visit Moghal Empire to sell a few electronic items to these ancient people to make some money. But, Dobler, an ardent follower of Satan, bullies them to change their plans at the last moment. Finally, Arpita and her chaps end up in the Satanic era near the ‘Church of Satan’ in the pursuit  of the mighty  Ring of Beelzebub, and this is where the deadly game of lust and power begins.

Starting with the cover, it is completely in sync with the story line and gives an expression of chilling the spine. Paper quality is above average and book is quite heavy to carry.

Forward section in this book is worth looking at; many reader, followers and celebrities have written rave reviews about the book. Reading the foreword is like creating a mood for the magical read.

There are several plots running in the story-line at the same time, the readers will be shocked to see the connection of the running plots. Once someone will pick up the book, the characters will not let the reader keep the book down till the end. The grey characters, villains, magic spells and other detailing of the occult science makes this book an outshining star in this genre. I have not seen too many Indian authors writing on off beat subjects and I am glad that the author of Lord of Darkness and Sukoon is doing an outstanding job here.

While reading the book, readers will understand the research that the author must have done before penning down the book. After the last release of the author (Sukoon – In Hindi), this books is an extension of black magic literature.

Briefly, Billycan hill proves to be a perfect blend of "Mekkana's gold, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit". It has strong marketing capabilities to become a National bestseller.

The only flaw in the book is the missed spacing between some of the words however it doesn't create any hurdle for the reader however if it is a miss, it’s a miss. That’s why proof reading should be done with sincere efforts.

Best Fiction Books highly recommend this book to the readers. 



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