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The Magicians of Mazda
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YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH… AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE CHOSEN IN ACCORD WITH TRUTH. A fleet of boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry eighteen thousand frightened souls fleeing the cruelty of Iran’s Umayyad Caliphate. Chanting Sanskrit-like prayers, the high priest consecrates a sacred fire to thank their god, Ahura Mazda, leading them to a new home and hope. He uses a mysterious substance to spark the flame, but few know of its miraculous properties or provenance. Centuries later, Parsi scientist Jim Dastoor is abducted from his Seattle laboratory and whisked away to Tehran. The Ayatollah believes Jim is the key to uncovering the ancient relic known as the Athravan Star and his men will do anything to possess it, even murder. From the ancient ruins of Persepolis to the Taliban camps of Afghanistan, from the womb of an Udvada fire temple to the icy mountains of Kashmir, from the dreadful coffin cells of Tehran to the deathly calm of Diu’s Tower of Silence, Jim and his historian wife, Linda, are sucked into a terrifying chase across vividly changing landscapes. Deftly navigating between time and geography, The Magicians of Mazda travels backwards, through the epochs of Islamic jihad, Macedonian revenge, Achaemenid glory, messianic birth, Aryan schism-to the Vedic fount from where it began. This is Ashwin Sanghi’s most gripping and provocative novel yet.
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YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH… AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE CHOSEN IN ACCORD WITH TRUTH. A fleet of boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry eighteen thousand frightened souls fleeing the cruelty of Iran’s Umayyad Caliphate. Chanting Sanskrit-like prayers, the high priest consecrates a sacred fire to thank their god, Ahura Mazda, leading them to a new home and hope. He uses a mysterious substance to spark the flame, but few know of its miraculous properties or provenance. Centuries later, Parsi scientist Jim Dastoor is abducted from his Seattle laboratory and whisked away to Tehran. The Ayatollah believes Jim is the key to uncovering the ancient relic known as the Athravan Star and his men will do anything to possess it, even murder. From the ancient ruins of Persepolis to the Taliban camps of Afghanistan, from the womb of an Udvada fire temple to the icy mountains of Kashmir, from the dreadful coffin cells of Tehran to the deathly calm of Diu’s Tower of Silence, Jim and his historian wife, Linda, are sucked into a terrifying chase across vividly changing landscapes. Deftly navigating between time and geography, The Magicians of Mazda travels backwards, through the epochs of Islamic jihad, Macedonian revenge, Achaemenid glory, messianic birth, Aryan schism-to the Vedic fount from where it began. This is Ashwin Sanghi’s most gripping and provocative novel yet.
About Author
Ashwin Sanghi is among India’s highest-selling English fiction authors. He has written several bestsellers in the Bharat Series (The Rozabal Line, Chanakya’s Chant, The Krishna Key, The Sialkot Saga, Keepers of the Kalachakra, The Vault of Vishnu, and The Magicians of Mazda) and two New York Times bestselling crime thrillers with James Patterson, Private India (sold in the US as City on Fire) and Private Delhi (sold in the US as Count to Ten). He has also co-authored several non-fiction titles in the 13 Steps Series on Luck, Wealth, Marks, Health and Parenting. Ashwin has been included by Forbes India in their Celebrity 100 and by The New Indian Express in their Culture Power List. He is a winner of the Crossword Popular Choice Award 2012, Atta Galatta Popular Choice Award 2018, WBR Iconic Achievers Award 2018, the Lit-O-Fest Literature Legend Award 2018 and the Kalinga Popular Choice Award 2021.
Vineet Kumar Singh –
This is my first book of Ashwin Sanghi and I regret that why I have not read his books earlier. But now onwards I will certainly read all his books. Reason for not reading is that I have stopped reading fictions. But for this book I can certainly say that this book is so enriched in history, theology and have impeccable details of present polity and geography of the places being mentioned that it cannot be called a mere work of fiction. Reader can certainly learn a lot of history from this book.
Ashwin Sanghi’s style can be co-related from that of Dan Brown’s. I have read almost all books of Dan Brown. But I observed slight difference. In Dan Brown’s books the level of thrill and suspense are at extremely higher level. History is there in supportive role. In contrast in Ashwin Sanghi’s book history, political and geographical details are in main role and thrill and suspense are in supportive role.
Coming to the book- The book mainly deals with Zoroastrian history and author’s knowledge about it is commendable. Many a times I have observed that some people want to become author quickly without doing due diligence in research and come out with that cheats with readers time. But here readers wouldn’t regret. However, many a times I felt that a Zoroastrian could better understand the book because few terms related to them, I could not understand, although the author has put his best.
Towards the ending of the book when the author relates Zoroastrianism with Hinduism that a head twister and no one could have anticipated it. But the author has presented it with his view, for which he is entitled.
Overall a true delight to read. Now I will read all other books of Ashvin Sanghi.