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, Mazda ke Jadugar, the Hindi translation of the bestselling 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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AshwinSanghi is among India'shighest-selling English fiction authors. He has written several bestsellers inthe Bharat Collection (The Rozabal Line, Chanakya'sChant, The Krishna
Key, The Sialkot Saga, Keepers of theKalachakra, The Vault of Vishnu, The Magicians of Mazda and TheAyodhya Alliance) and two New York Times and Sunday TimesUK bestselling crime thrillers with James Patterson, PrivateIndia (sold in the U.S. as City on Fire) and Private Delhi(sold in the U.S. as Count to Ten). His novel Razor Sharp,the first book in the Kutta Kadam Thriller series conceptualized byAshwin, became a national bestseller. He mentors, collaborates and editsseveral nonfiction titles in the 13 Steps Series on Luck, Wealth,Marks, Health and Parenting. He contributes to the opinion page of TheTimes of India.
Ashwinhas been included by Forbes India in their Celebrity 100 and by TheNew Indian Express in their Culture Power List.
Hehas won the Crossword Popular Choice Award 2012, Atta Galatta Popular ChoiceAward 2018, WBR Iconic Achievers Award 2018, the Lit-O-Fest Literature LegendAward 2018, the Kalinga Popular Choice Award 2021, and the Deendayal UpadhyayaRecognition 2023. He has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by JECRCUniversity, Rajasthan.
Hewas educated at Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, and St. Xavier'sCollege, Mumbai. He holds an MBA from Yale University. Ashwin lives in Mumbaiwith his wife, Anushika, and son, Raghuvir.