1857 THE SWORD OF MASTAAN

1857 THE SWORD OF MASTAAN

Lonesome songs of patriots dead... forgotten by the bards of Hindustan.
The haunting tale of a cursed ancient city, and of a ruthless foreign marauder.
Condemned to the crypts of history... a dark chapter, etched in red ink by white opium hands. It is the tale of a war immortal, long buried in the false coffins of a so-called rebellion.
As the magnificent Bandookbaaz combats on both sides of the battle-lines, the metropolis of Delhi emerges as the epicentre of an imperial genocide. A nation erupts in violent revolution - even as one extraordinary man stands between the hate of millions... and the love of one.
The Devil himself infiltrates the realm of men - guised in the unholy trinity of Theo the Reaper, Nicholson the God, and Hodson the Executioner.
Mastaan, Chhagan, Zafar, Manglo, D'Cruze, Shahbaaz, the Dervish, Fay and Ghalib - all are mere pawns in the savage hands of fate.

Author: VINEET BAJPAI