Urvashi had two conditions. Purarvas said yes before she finished. Pururvas and Urvashi — the most spectacular love story in the Lunar Dynasty, and probably the fastest anyone has ever lost everything over a goat.

A moon god elopes with a goddess. Heaven takes sides. And the baby born from the chaos makes a smart demand. Gods behaving badly, a cosmic war no one expected, and the origin story of the Mahabharata's most dramatic dynasty.

A dead snake prank curses King Parikshit. His son Janamejaya responds with a fire so large it pulls serpents from the sky. Then Astika walks up to the furious king and asks the one question nobody can answer. Oh, and this is just the prologue.