A BROKEN SUN by Aditya Iyengar [Paperback]

A Broken Sun is the second novel in a trilogy that reimagines the Mahabharata and the Kurukshetra War through the perspectives of its major characters. Set in the devastating aftermath of the war’s thirteenth day, the story focuses on the grief, revenge and emotional turmoil that consume both the Pandava and Kaurava camps.

On the Pandava side, Arjuna mourns his dead son and struggles to find meaning amid the battlefield, while Yudhishthira attempts to hold his family together. Meanwhile, the Kauravas, led by Drona and Radheya (Karna), desperately seek a way to bring the conflict to an end. Their individual stories converge through a narrative of loss, duty, conflict and redemption.

Told through the voices of Radheya, Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Ghatotkacha and Sushasana, the novel offers a multi-perspective and deeply human interpretation of the epic, moving beyond the conventional distinction between heroes and villains.