Hilawi / Ritu Lalit
When the chants rise up, Gigi or Gargi Tamang finds that she has to gravitate to the strange object that they seem to emanate from: a disc made of a metal that no one can identify. Could the myths that we’ve heard from time immemorial, actually be true?
Yaduvir and Gargi Tamang, twins, are nothing like each other; he, a mild-mannered and scholarly youth, and she, a feisty young woman, full of energy. A telephone call from India suddenly changes their lives. They find that they are the designated guardians and protectors of a strange shield that is both covetted and feared by their own clansmen. They are completely unprepared for the adventure they are rocketed into, where no one around them seem to be who they are, where they are constantly on the run and where they have been summoned for a task they can’t even accept as true.
“Mysticism, myth and fantasy intertwine in this wonderful tale that skillfully weaves in the past and the present. Ritu Lalit has created a fantastical world steeped in ancient legend, deceit, subterfuge, in this briskly paced page turner, Hilawi.”
— Kiran Manral, author of The Reluctant Detective’
“A fast-paced tale of fantasy, adventure and plenty of action! The narrative moves quickly, taking the reader from sequence to sequence at breakneck speed. It’s both imaginative and engaging.”
— Parul Sharma the author of Bringing up Vasu and By the Water Cooler
About the Author
Ritu Lalit spent the first few years of her life in the north east of India, where she would lie on the grass and stare at the skies, convinced that she did not belong to this planet. Since she was here, she tried her utmost to fit in, even learnt math! But the desire to live in a dream world could not be suppressed, so now she writes fiction. In real life she lives in the NCR (National Capital Region) with her two sons, a daughter-in-law, three dogs and 20 fishes. You can meet her on her blog: www.phoenixritu.com
