Book Excerpt: 'The Timingila' - Chapter One

Map of JivavartaChapter One: The Place to BeThey say that if you are born in Sonira, you won't be jealous of heaven -- and if you are born in Igati, you won't be afraid of hell. But for the people of Trishala, their city was their glorious heaven, and it was their living hell.
Trishala was neither Sonira, the most beautiful city in the ancient land of Jivavarta, nor Igati, the frozen hell without reprieve. The people of Trishala loved and hated their city -- for them, it had its own charm.
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