Ebong Inquisition by Avik Sarkar [Hardcover]

"On one side, the idleness of the local kings, and on the other, the looming shadow of East India Company rule. Amidst all this, a gang of looting murderers governs the vast expanse of Central India. Suddenly, an unknown Brahmin seizes control of one such gang from their leader, Bhukat Jamadar. No, he isn’t after treasure or wealth—this Brahmin with supernatural powers demands only one thing after each hunt: the corpse of the victim! Who is this Brahmin? What does he do with the dead bodies?

In the family of Mayarani Haldar, there has been a cursed stone tablet worshipped for a thousand years. But why? What happened a thousand years ago in the sanctum of Somapura Mahavihara? In the name of a tangled goddess, whom did the venerable monk Ratnakarashanti curse? Will Tenia succeed in luring three girls from Balurghat into his trap of love and selling them off to brokers? And what is the story of Mekhla-Konkhla? What fate awaits the helpless three?

The statue seemed to engulf Atin, consuming him like a serpent devouring its prey. Every day, he made offerings, hoping that the goddess would accept the prasada. But the goddess only accepted it on the day Damri arrived at the house. Who is this Damri? And to which goddess does this statue belong? Why did the Tantric Buddhist Sahasraksha create this idol? Will Atin’s father's friend Bhavesh Babu be able to save him?

On the day he saved a group of children from Afghan terrorists, Portuguese commando hero Martinez Taj received news that his only son, Tiago, lay on his deathbed. Returning home, he encounters a strange story from his family's past and learns of a grave sin committed during the Portuguese Inquisition in Goa by one of his ancestors—a sin that left a fearsome curse. It’s this curse that now threatens the life of his beloved, motherless son. What happened next? How did the threads of a tale, separated by five hundred years, connect in front of the temple of Betal in the village of Amona?

How did the forgotten master of Bengal’s Oxford, Krishnananda Agambagish of Nabadwip, become the sole Tantric custodian of this entire saga spanning different eras?

Come, dear reader, let us enter this deep forest, but remember just one mantra: love is the greatest tantra, the greatest magic of all."

Table of Contents:

1. Shodh (Retribution) - Page 11
2. Raktafalak (The Bloodstone) - Page 45
3. Bhog (The Offering) - Page 86
4. Inquisition - Page 128