Shon Mehta

Tasvak of Trishala "Let me go, brothers." Tasvak urged. Some faces can be confusing -- looking at them, one can't really decide whether they are beautiful or ugly. Tasvak's face was not one of them. It took just one look to be certain that it is the ugliest face one has ever seen. Tasvak was a large young man, around nineteen, with dark hair and pale skin. The deep scars on his face and his piercing green eyes made his appearance intimidating. His appearance did intimidate his stepbrother, Prince Nahusha, a sickly fellow and the crown prince of Trishala. Nahusha felt that Tasvak's sheer presence undermined his authority, and that made him rather insecure. Nahusha didn't spare a chance to pick a fight with Tasvak, and beat him with the help of his younger brother Kindisha. The scars on Tasvak's young face were tokens of injuries from such fights. When he was a kid, Tasvak had tried to reason, but could not understand why his stepbrothers k...

Map of Jivavarta The Place to Be They say that if you are born in Sonira, you won't be jealous of heaven -- and if you are born in Igati, you won't be afraid of hell. But for the people of Trishala, their city was their glorious heaven, and it was their living hell. Trishala was neither Sonira, the most beautiful city in the ancient land of Jivavarta, nor Igati, the frozen hell without reprieve. The people of Trishala loved and hated their city -- for them, it had its own charm. Trishala was a trading port surrounded by three powerful kingdoms: Rongcha in the north, Adrika in the east, and Yashantika in the west. It was so strategically located that whichever kingdom controlled it could control Jivavarta. So, the three kingdoms decided to keep it free, but raided it whenever they thought it was getting too prosperous. Things changed under current king. When King Vighasa Laznaka came to power, he made a treaty with these kingdoms, stopping the raids in excha...

Who is the hero of a story? The one who is brave and honourable, or the one who survives to tell the story? Which is the more powerful weapon? The one that wins battles, or the one that wins the minds of people? Set in the ancient land of Jivavarta, 'The Timingila' is the story of Trishala, a weak kingdom at the mercy of its neighbors, and Tasvak, the unwanted child of its king. When a series of unexpected events put Trishala under a tyrant's control, Tasvak is forced into a web of deception as he struggles to resurrect Trishala's lost glory. Along the way, he has to deal with fanatics, assassins, victims, and reformers. Facing manipulation and betrayal at every step, will Tasvak succeed?