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The Oath of the Vayuputras - Book 3 of the Shiva Trilogy

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The cover page, as always is remarkable. Lord Shiva in his glory, ready for the battles that the second book leads up to and yet you can never see his face. That is for you to imagine. Rashmi Pusalkar has incredible talent. I simply loved the first book because it was innovative and interwoven with the myths I learnt growing up. I kept playing a guessing game trying to figure out how everything would connect. The second book was rather surprisingly, Shiva insisting he is indeed the Neelkant and demanding respect. The third however has little story and even less character. And when there is no compelling story to lead you on, the focus moves on to the art of story telling and the writing style, neither of the author can claim. A better editor would have done the trick! Most of the story telling in Book 3 is restricted to battle strategy. The actually story itself had no story-telling to it. It was all narrative facts, including someone feelings and emotions. Brihaspati simply