An engaging plot. Flair story telling. However, the language was not error-free. The sequences are well structured by showing us a tribe after tribe.
The emotion Arjan had towards the family was well covered. Of all the characters portrayed, Lakshmi's charming and daring nature is close to the heart. Kalki's talk persuading the villagers to fight the Asuras was heroic. Lakshmi's courageous death did choke the throat.
The way Kalki was rescued by Arjan, Kripa, Bala and Padma was fantasy filled. Personally, I felt the defeat of Matranja was not that hard-fought. Perhaps he tasted Soma, and yet he didn't seem tough, battling Kalki, equalising his gigantic physique.
Padma's revenge mission was captivating. Fatefully, it brought Arjan towards death, the character that preached the importance of forgiveness. The murder of Ratri and Bala were sorrowful.
This comes to my mind when I think of Kali, "As a brother, he should be protective. Not jealous." Speaking of Kali, though being a powerful king, he had no trustworthy people around him. The mankind in him was vanishing as he began to seek pleasure causing bodily suffering to the people like Arjan, Ratri, prisoners and also his own sister.
Kalki's journey to master the art to fight Adharma is welcoming though it had cost many lives.
It had been worth reading. And personal favourite were the characters of Arjan and Lakshmi for they rose for themselves and also fought for their dear people, all at once until death invited them.
