Explore the Best Fantasy Novels by Indian Authors
Is the world confined to Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and a few more books when we talk about fantasy novels?
No. Rather it shouldn’t be. Just like other gamut of fictional genre, fantasy is too broad and vast. Yes, it’s mostly built on pure imagination but those who explore still get the best options. This post is about best fantasy novels ever written by the Indian authors. And the best part is that I have to update it every month. Good news! More and more authors entering the genre, the list is increasing.
There is no more need to be depended on a few over-hyped imagined worlds. If you are a fantasy book reader, read on to get the best names from the Indian literature arena.
The Land of Ataraxia Genesis:
The Land of Ataraxia Genesis by SS Merce is a super fabulous fantasy thriller full of action, adventure, with amazing people and places. The novel is set in some fictional Elswyth Sea, in fact, the entire book is highly imaginative and fictional. The novel follows a story of ship named Caelesti Viatrix and its crew. Right since the beginning, you will get to know the rich battle history of the ship and its heady hip-hop culture. The author took all efforts to create an ambience in the ship. As famous as folklore, their ship is legendary.
Pentias: Master of the Elemental Jewels:
Pentias: Master of the Elemental Jewels by Karthika Sajeev is second book in the series. However, it can be read as an independent novel as well. It’s a light fantasy thriller for children, but even hardcore fantasy readers will fall for it. The novel looks like a complete fantasy thriller with many charming aspects such as brilliant storytelling, backdrop, pace, and much more. Like a good fantasy thriller, this one also brims with supernatural forces, magical whims, kingdom stories, slaying of demons, and above all packed with action.
Jean Angel:
Jean Angel by Atul Mohite is a light, riveting, and fast-paced fantasy novel with a good dose of adventure. The novel is built around a special boy named Jean, he has ‘J’ scar on his chest. He is kept hidden in some other kingdom from his parents and native kingdom where he was born, as he could be that prophecy child that can overthrow the crown of a cruel king named Robert. Will a saint’s foretelling come true? Will Jean be able to discover himself for the benefit of suppressed people?
Born to be King by Deepak Thomas:
This novel possesses a very fantastic yet intriguing question — which is mightier to rule a kingdom, ink and intellectual or steel and strength? The protagonist, female Kautilya, so called princess of the Bharata Kingdom, is of the opinion of that a true and righteous king would focus more on ink and intellectual than war and its glory. However, her brother Dhanush is just anti-thesis to her beliefs, and feels otherwise. Who’s going to win, later on, the war between them is about their conflicting beliefs. So, who is right, who is unjust…only time and mettle of the characters will tell.
Mirrro the Weird Wayward by Manoj Kumar Sharma:
Mirrro the Weird Wayward is a terrific novel, with part fantasy and part dystopian themes. Since the novel has been entirely built on a unique plot, even its title is a bit queer to pronounce and spell. Anyway, the messages it carries for our societies are tremendously valuable and if the solutions given in the novel happened to be materialized anytime, anywhere; well then many incorrigible sins that exist in our social stratum can be wiped off easily.
Inkredia (Luwan of Brida) by Sarang Mahajan:
Inkredia is an incredible fantasy novel. The novel is about Luwan, the protagonist of the book, a hilly village lad. He is in the occupation of collecting herbs from high, steep and tumultuous mountains. While performing his job he often braves the perilous uncertainty of serpentine mountains and their allied creatures with acute fierceness.
Age of Azmoq by Rajamayyoor Sharma:
The Age of Azmoq is an epic fantasy novel by the Indian author Rajamayyoor Sharma. This is the first book in the Valantian Imperium trilogy. The book possesses a question: for what reasons battles are fought for? As we all know, for greed and power and to seize resources like coal, gold, diamond, and lately oil. As the title suggests, Azmoq is a powerful metal and whosoever can procure it and use it in the armory can rule over the world undoubtedly, and one such that kind of army is, ‘The Valantian Army’.
God of the Sullied by Gaurav Sharma:
God of the Sullied by Gaurav Sharma is a different, yet riveting, mythological fantasy fiction. This is the first book in the series of ‘The Sullied Warrior Duology’. In this novel God of the Sullied, Eklavya is the protagonist. The story revolves around his birth and his destiny which takes him up to the throne of an Indian state called Rudraputra, though a fictional town. In broader outlook, the story is more of a journey of a cursed boy till he becomes the king of Rudraputra who fights the devil of Kali Yuga.
Avatar of a Protector by Chetan Thakkar:
Avatar of a Protector by Chetan Thakkar is a fantasy novel, with its theme rooted deeply in the Indian mythology. The protagonist of the book is Kalki, a young college boy. When he reaches the age of eighteen, his world turns upside down. He himself doesn’t know that he is an avatar of the Lord Vishnu. Great mysteries and responsibilities lie ahead for him. This time he has to save the earth from the king of Nibirus planet.
