A Lion's Head available in eBook, paperback, and hardcover
A Lion's Head is now available for download as an eBook.
If you received an early copy, count this as a reminder to leave a review for the book on Amazon, GoodReads, StoryGraph, Indigo, or wherever you 'find' your books.
An asura completes his divine mandate only to receive a god-turned-demon's wrath.
"She took a step back, assessing the over-large beast in his arms. It was the size of a small dog, redder than a cow, but with a serpentine flexibility, allowing it to curl up in Oumo’s lap. Its tufted ears were pointed. It's eyes, as strange as a goat’s but sideways, stared. "
Why did I self-publish?
Here's an excerpt from Agent Rejection Letter #131
"There's a lot about this that grabbed me. It's doing something different, and I love when writers take swings. But ultimately, I didn't feel confident I was the right person to champion it. Sometimes it's just gut, and I trust mine.
If you're working on something else in the future, I'd love to see it.
Will be cheering for you from here." - JB, Rosecliff Literary
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"Also, you should know that your book turned me into a fantasy reader. I’ve been reading a lot of fantasy lately but I would have never been open to it if I hadn’t loved your lion god book so much :) I tell other fantasy readers about it all the time!" - Jessica Leslie, Author from Firefly Workshop
"About the sensitivity check, there’s nothing that seemed problematic to me. I remember you wrote that you had humanised ‘Narasimha’ to ‘Sinha’ … however, the parallels between the two are very easy to draw. But that is not something to worry about, I’d say. My opinion so far is that it is clear that your story is a creative reimagining of stories from the subcontinent’s mythologies, or takes its seed from them. But there’s nothing here that should offend anyone. I mean even our epics have lots of different versions so there’s no reason why someone shouldn’t use them as inspiration in our time." - Aarushi Nigam, Sensitivity Reader
The Pawn of Samsara Duology
A king is hell-bent on destroying the universe. Isha's pact with the tyrant grants his people safe passage home. But everything goes wrong for him when the gods unleash their champion.
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