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Samit s most recent novel, chosen spirits, an antidystopian novel set in delhi in the late 2020s, was published by simon and schuster india in 2020, was critically acclaimed and a bestseller in multiple categories in india and is available on kindle worldwide. Basu is the author of the simoqin prophecies, the manticores secret and the. Im a novelist, film director, screenwriter and columnist. The subsequent volumes in the trilogy, the manticores secret and the unwaba revelations were released in 2005 and 2007 respectively. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. His first novel, the simoqin prophecies, published by penguin india in 2003, when samit was 23, was the first book in the bestselling gameworld. Written with consummate ease and brimming with wit and allusion, it is at once classic sff and subtle spoof, featuring scantily clad centauresses, flying carpets, pink trolls, belly dancers and homicidal rabbits. The simoqin prophecies gameworld trilogy, book 1 by.
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