The Vishakanya's Choice
- Authors
- Chokshi, Roshani
- Publisher
- Book Smugglers Publishing
- Tags
- fantasy , sff , people of color , strong female lead , poison maiden , first contact , speculative fiction , historical fantasy , poc , alexander the great , diversity , south asia , assassins
- Date
- 2015-08-25T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 4.41 MB
- Lang
- en
*“Did we have a choice? An honest one. A *real* Choice.”*
Who would you be if you had a choice? What would you do?
Early in her life, Sudha's fate was divined to be a lonely, fruitless future of young widowhood. So, it was considered a blessing when she was brought to the Hastinapur harem to become a vishakanya--a weapon, an assassin, a poison maiden whose very touch is toxic.
Sudha has never had a choice, has never known anything except the cold beauty of the harem's stone walls.
After years of living in isolation with her vishakanya sisters, Sudha is given her first mission: to end the life of a great man. Someone who, unlike her, leads a life full of glittering Choices fit for an emperor.
In their fateful encounter, a vishakanya meets a conqueror and a weapon creates a legend.