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Gourav Mohanty

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Born

in India

Website

https://www.gouravmohanty.com/

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Author, Lawyer, Stand Up Comedian, Papercut Survivor, Pretend Swordfighter, Recovering Burgers Addict. As evident, his life has many tabs open.

Though he was doing well as a lawyer in Mumbai, he is now pursuing the infinitely more unattainable dream of being the first 'epic fantasy novelist' of India. A connoisseur of mythologies and momos, he enjoys channeling 'The Rock' and writing author bios in third person.

Sons of Darkness is Gourav’s first novel. Give it a shot for the poor author owes considerable gold to goblins. ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,645 ratings · 586 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 1,444 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dance of Shadows (The Raag of Rta, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 32, October 2022 by Beth Tabler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel Polansky (Goodreads Author), Jude Reid 4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Hero. The word slithered nastily in his mind. An honour bestowed upon you when you had killed all those who would have called you a mass murderer.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness

tags: badass, genocide, grimdark, hero, heroism, mass-murderers

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“After all, love without self-sacrifice was just lust”
― Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness

tags: grimdark, grimdark-humor, india, indian-author, love, lust, mahabharata, mati, self-sacrifice

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“A place where soldiers found themselves as rulers, Shakuni thought, can only breed tyrants.”
― Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness

tags: dictatorship, rulers, tyranny-quotes, tyrant

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