Jean Angel by
Atul Mohite is a light, riveting, and fast-paced fantasy novel with a good dose
of adventure. In the novel, Jean and Angel are two different personalities. The
roots of the story lie in the kingdom Zesia, where the king Robert tortures and
kills people for fun. Once a saint foretells that a man who can see what others
can’t will replace the king Robert. This infuriates Robert and here after he
captures people found talking in the air, probably with some invisible shadows
or figures. These sorts of people get killed ultimately.
Tara, one of
his queens, silently hates the king. When the king Robert was out, she got into
an affair with a soldier named Shyam. From their affair Jean is born. For his
safety from the king Robert, Shyam takes the baby to Kala Nagari, a rival of
Zesia. There he hands the baby to a lady named Radha and then commits suicide.
Radha grooms
Jean and live happily until confronted by Tara. Jean and Tara form a bond and
begin exploring strange things about Zesia and that unsaid prophecy. It comes
out Jean is that child with prophecy and ‘J’ scar on his chest. In all
likelihood, he will replace the cruel king Robert. But that is a long journey,
before that he needs to go under training and discover some secrets buried
years before. His meetings with an angel are a bit funny but necessary to drive
the plot ahead, as the angel is not visible to all, only to a handful of people
that includes Jean.
How will Jean
prepare and who all can help him? What will happen when he comes to know the
reality of his parents? Will he be able to replace the cruel king Robert or put
under attack his own province Kala Nagari? To know all, one must pick up this
novella.
Without giving
away much, it can be concluded that it’s one of its kinds fast-paced fantasy
novel by an Indian author. Written in lucid language, since its release the
novel has been into Amazon bestseller and competing with the likes of Harry
Potter and Amish Tripathi books.
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