A month later, the King sends Pratyush off to kill one last monster (a powerful Nagin who has been turning men to stone) before he’ll consider granting his freedom.Įxcept Manisha doesn’t die, despite the hundreds of snake bites covering her body and the venom running through her veins. A temple visitor sexually assaults Manisha and pushes her off the mountain into a pit of vipers. Unfortunately, the Kingdom’s powerful have other plans. When Pratyush and Manisha meet, each sees in the other the possibility to chart a new path. Tired after years of fighting, Pratyush wants nothing more than a peaceful, respectable life. You might think such a powerful warrior could do whatever he wants, but true power lies with the King. For every monster the Slayer kills, years are added to his life. You might think that the Kingdom’s famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe-but you would be wrong.Įighteen-year-old Pratyush is a famed Slayer of monsters, one of the King’s most prized warriors and a frequent visitor to the floating temples. Seventeen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters-she’s been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King’s army, who forced her people, the Naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. All heroes, monsters, and villains have beginnings.
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