Award-winning author Kiran Manral announces her next book, The Moon in the Lining of her Skin (Published by Hachette India, 2024) a fantasy novel releasing later this month.
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Award-winning Indian author Kiran Manral announces her next book, a fantasy novel to be published by Hachette India releasing later this month.
About the book
In the shadows of their turbulent pasts, three women made of the light find their destinies intertwined.
Noor, a fallen angel, is condemned to an eternal existence on Earth, forever fleeing from the hounds of hell and creatures of the netherworld. Rani, a once-vain beauty, is now possessed by an invisible lover, an entity that has consumed her body and soul, marking her for itself. Gulab, having murdered her father in cold blood, has escaped a nightmarish home and forges a perilous alliance with Teja, a hitman and collector of souls.
As their fates intertwine, they must navigate through realms of unimaginable darkness, where terrifying entities – both earthly and beyond – pursue them.
From the ethereal heavens to the infernal depths of hell and every realm in between, The Moon in the Lining of Her Skin weaves a spellbinding tale where love and loyalty are tested amidst the eternal struggle between light and dark.
About the author
Kiran Manral is an award-winning Indian author, TEDx Speaker, columnist, mentor and feminist. She has written books across genres in both fiction and nonfiction. Her books include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon A Crush, All Aboard, Karmic Kids, A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up, The Face at the Window and Saving Maya. She has authored a short series called True Love Stories. She also has published short stories in various magazines, in acclaimed anthologies like Have A Safe Journey and Boo. An ex-journalist with stints at Dalal Street Journal, The Times of India, The Asian Age and Cosmopolitan, she has been a columnist on sexuality at DNA, on gender issues with Tehelka, on parenting at yowoto.com, and feminism at SheThePeople.TV.
Ahead of the release of the book, here’s a note from the editor Anupama Manral:
‘The Moon in the Lining of Her Skin is perfect for readers of the dark fantasy genre. It is the story of three women whose journey will take them through unimaginable realms of darkness where mysterious and terrifying entities, some of this earth and some from beyond, haunt them, hunt them. What can save them – must they, in the very end, save each other as they gather the courage to save themselves?’