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Title: The Rozabal Line
Author: Ashwin Sanghi
Narrator: Sanjiv Jhaveri
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-01-17
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
A cardboard box is found on a shelf of a London library. When the mystified librarian opens it, she screams before she falls unconscious to the floor.
Within the labyrinthine recesses of the Vatican, a beautiful assassin swears she will eliminate all who do not believe in her twisted credo.
An elite army of thirteen calling itself the Lashkare Talatashar has scattered around the globe. The fate of its members curiously resembles that of Christ and his Apostles. Their agenda is Armageddon.
A Hindu astrologer spots a conjunction of the stars and nods to himself in grim realization of the end of the world.
In Tibet a group of Buddhist monks searches for a reincarnation, much in the way their ancestors searched Judea for the Son of God.
In strife-torn Kashmir, a tomb called Rozabal holds the key to a riddle that arises in Jerusalem and gets answered at Vaishno Devi.
In The Rozabal Line, a thriller swirling between continents and centuries, Ashwin Sanghi traces a pattern that curls backward to the violent birth of religion itself.
Members Reviews:
The Rozabal Line
The Rozabal Line is Ashwin Singhi's first novel, which he published under a pseudonym (Shawn Haigins) with Lulu Press, a self publishing firm. It was later published by Westland.
The Rozabal Line, an Indian version of Da Vinci Code, starts very well, and binds the reader for the first couple of chapters. It then takes a very large number of incidents spread across space and time, and knits them into a good storyline to set up a climax that could do Ludlum or Dan Brown proud. The plot is intricate and unpredictable, though not entirely new. Dan Brown's influence is evident, as is the author's interest in world history.
The plot is good and expansive, the characters are good and so is the setting. It is only the writing style that detracts from an otherwise excellent novel. The entire book is a series of extra-short scenes and snippets, some that are only a short paragraph. The constant flitting from place to place and across time makes reading tiresome and the flow jerky after a few chapters. The author's penchant for darting all over the place is also evident in his second novel, Chanakya's Chant, but to a lesser degree.
Despite the annoying style, I liked The Rozabal Line more than Chanakya's Chant. The incidents in this book are more credible that in Chanakya's Chant. I was pleased to find it available as an eBook on Amazon for Rs 58, when the physical book was priced at Rs 176 in Flipkart. I grabbed it.
A recommended read, particularly for Indian readers who will perhaps relate more to it than to Da Vinci Code. There is more exposition than is usually tolerated by western readers. As an Indian reader, I found the treatment of karma and rebirth a little bizarre.
Overall, one of the better popular fiction book coming out of India.
Overall Rating: 3 / 5
Sub-ratings: Setting (4); Story (4); Characters (4); Writing (2)
Maybe he'll polish it later
I'll likely finish this book, just to see how it all comes together. Unfortunately, the author adds far too much information in insignificant areas, thereby obscuring his plot details and further complicating an overly complex plot.
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Title: The Rozabal Line
Author: Ashwin Sanghi
Narrator: Sanjiv Jhaveri
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-01-17
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
A cardboard box is found on a shelf of a London library. When the mystified librarian opens it, she screams before she falls unconscious to the floor.
Within the labyrinthine recesses of the Vatican, a beautiful assassin swears she will eliminate all who do not believe in her twisted credo.
An elite army of thirteen calling itself the Lashkare Talatashar has scattered around the globe. The fate of its members curiously resembles that of Christ and his Apostles. Their agenda is Armageddon.
A Hindu astrologer spots a conjunction of the stars and nods to himself in grim realization of the end of the world.
In Tibet a group of Buddhist monks searches for a reincarnation, much in the way their ancestors searched Judea for the Son of God.
In strife-torn Kashmir, a tomb called Rozabal holds the key to a riddle that arises in Jerusalem and gets answered at Vaishno Devi.
In The Rozabal Line, a thriller swirling between continents and centuries, Ashwin Sanghi traces a pattern that curls backward to the violent birth of religion itself.
Members Reviews:
The Rozabal Line
The Rozabal Line is Ashwin Singhi's first novel, which he published under a pseudonym (Shawn Haigins) with Lulu Press, a self publishing firm. It was later published by Westland.
The Rozabal Line, an Indian version of Da Vinci Code, starts very well, and binds the reader for the first couple of chapters. It then takes a very large number of incidents spread across space and time, and knits them into a good storyline to set up a climax that could do Ludlum or Dan Brown proud. The plot is intricate and unpredictable, though not entirely new. Dan Brown's influence is evident, as is the author's interest in world history.
The plot is good and expansive, the characters are good and so is the setting. It is only the writing style that detracts from an otherwise excellent novel. The entire book is a series of extra-short scenes and snippets, some that are only a short paragraph. The constant flitting from place to place and across time makes reading tiresome and the flow jerky after a few chapters. The author's penchant for darting all over the place is also evident in his second novel, Chanakya's Chant, but to a lesser degree.
Despite the annoying style, I liked The Rozabal Line more than Chanakya's Chant. The incidents in this book are more credible that in Chanakya's Chant. I was pleased to find it available as an eBook on Amazon for Rs 58, when the physical book was priced at Rs 176 in Flipkart. I grabbed it.
A recommended read, particularly for Indian readers who will perhaps relate more to it than to Da Vinci Code. There is more exposition than is usually tolerated by western readers. As an Indian reader, I found the treatment of karma and rebirth a little bizarre.
Overall, one of the better popular fiction book coming out of India.
Overall Rating: 3 / 5
Sub-ratings: Setting (4); Story (4); Characters (4); Writing (2)
Maybe he'll polish it later
I'll likely finish this book, just to see how it all comes together. Unfortunately, the author adds far too much information in insignificant areas, thereby obscuring his plot details and further complicating an overly complex plot.