It is the 11th centuryHe is India's most powerful kingShe is his bodyguard'Filmy and Bahubali-esque . . . gripping' Outlook'[A] page-turner' The Hindu'Rich in detail' News Minute'The most exciting-sounding work of historical fiction this year, Devi Yesodharan's novel explores the gender-bending military dynamics of the Chola Empire' B'The Bahubali universe meets Wonder Woman' P'Devi draws you in with her mellifluous prose . . . and a masterful enticement of the senses: If the scents of peppercrusted lamb on a spit and the pungent olfactory assault of sardines in tamarind curry won't draw you in, what will?' Deccan Chronicle \n