The Mahabharata Quest: The Alexander Secret
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| Author | Christopher C. Doyle |
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| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Mahabharata Series |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Westland |
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9 October 2014 |
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| Pages | 386 |
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| Followed by | The Secret of the Druids |
The Mahabharata Quest: The Alexander Secret is the second novel by Indian author Christopher C. Doyle and was released on 9 October 2014 by Westland Publishers. The story follows Vijay and his friends as they embark on a quest to learn about Alexander the Great's secret mission in India while encountering bioterrorism. Following his first novel, The Mahabharata Secret, Doyle was signed for a three book series by Westland. The author researched further on the Mahabharata and was also intrigued by Alexander's invasion of India and his sudden retreat. Doyle combined secrets from the epic and created the story, stating that he consulted Sanskrit scholars and science experts regarding the theories he put in the book. The Mahabharata Quest: The Alexander Secret was a commercial success and received positive critical reviews, which praised the storytelling and the theme.
In 334 BC, Emperor Alexander the Great travels to India and discovers a secret with the aid of his general Eumenes; he dies prematurely and Eumenes removes the information of the secret from any historical records related to Alexander.
In present day, archaeologist Alice Wallace and her team unearth the tomb of Olympias, mother of Alexander, and discover a small, mysterious cube there. However, her team are suddenly killed by mercenaries who blast off the tomb. Alice escapes to India, to her ex-boyfriend Vijay’s residence at Jaungarh fort. She details about her ordeal, and the group, consisting of Vijay, his friend Colin, fiancée Radha, and her linguist father Dr. Shukla, listen to her and examine the cube. They find scripts on the six faces of the cube and try to decipher it.
In the meantime, Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Imran Kidwai discovers unexplained corpses in a recently burnt down lab. Further examination leads to doubts of bioterrorism. Kidwai enlists the help of Vijay, Radha and Colin, who are part of a joint task force between the United States and India to combat terrorism. Together with Radha he goes to interview Dr. Saxena, CMO of Titan pharmaceuticals, owners of the lab. Kidwai is later shot in his home and gets critically injured. Through a series of papers belonging to his parents, who were also archaeologists, Vijay and his friends deduce that the cube was related to Alexander's secret quest in the Kandahar region.
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