The Mahabharata: Sons of Gods: A modern retelling of the

The Mahabharata: Sons of Gods: A modern retelling of the magnificent epic tale

The spellbinding story behind the Bhagavad Gita.
This is a new version of the magnificent Indian epic, rewritten for modern readers. The Mahabharata is a grand and timeless story yet to be discovered in the West. A book that has endured the millennia, it's a perennial best-seller, a story as enthralling as it is moving, as wise as it is entertaining, a page-turner of an epic legend.

The story:
Karna, sired by the Sungod Surya, is born to the unmarried princess Kunti. She abandons him to the river; he is found and raised by a low-caste couple.

Spurned by all, Karna finds a friend and ally in the avaricious and wicked prince Duryodhana. But Duryodhana's worst enemies just happen to be the five brothers, the Pandavas, the noblest warriors in the world. And their mother is Kunti, that princess who still grieves for the child she gave away as a young girl.

Karna and Arjuna -- the middle and mightiest Pandava -- each vow to kill each other without knowing they are brothers. As tensions mount, so does their hatred for each other; until, in the cataclysmic war that will wipe out the entire warrior caste, they meet in the inevitable facedown. This is war in which no-one can be the winner.

"Firstly itâ€™s unbeatable on a level of sheer spectacle alone, involving 10 million combatants with super powers, flying machines, fantastic weaponry and immense battle-formations moving in the form of birds, lightning or flowers. The cast of characters â€“ from the troubled Yudhish and mighty Bheema to tragic Karna and young, doomed Abimanyhu â€“ is incomparable. The whole idea that the cataclysmic ending of an Age is brought about because Krishna is moved by the smallest of things - the tears on Draupadiâ€™s cheeks â€“ shows us how everything in the universe is intimately connected by the action of karma." (Grant Morrison. author 18 Days -- The Mahabharata)

"SONS OF GODS -- MAHABHARATA is kaleidoscopic in its beauty and intricacy. The hurdle of the tale's massive scope has always daunted translators, and the difficulty of prising the right tone from an ancient grand epic to suit a modern and Western audience has relegated it to largely academic obscurity.â€¨â€¨What's saved it for us is that Sharon Maas knows full well that love, betrayal, lust, envy, pride, devotion, and heroism never go out of style. SONS OF GODS is a literary soap opera with a soul that spans the full horizon." (Jamie Mason -- author of Three Graves Full and Monday's Lies)

Sharon Maas is the author of the best-selling Of Marriageable Age, The Small Fortune of Dorothea Quint, and two other novels.
Country USA
Manufacturer Karna Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-12-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Karna Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-12-26
Format	Kindle eBook

The Mahabharata: Sons of Gods: A modern retelling of the magnificent epic tale

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