
Shiva decides to help the Meluhans in their war against the Chandravanshis, who had joined forces with a cursed Nagas however, during his journey and the fight that ensues, Shiva learns how his choices actually reflect who he aspires to be and how they lead to dire consequences.

The Meluhans announce Shiva as the Neelkanth, their fabled saviour. However, Ayurvati finds out that Shiva is the only one devoid of these symptoms and that his throat has turned blue. The Meluhans, under Ayurvati’s orders, carry on the healing process. On their first night of stay at Srinagar, the Gunas wake up amid high fever and sweating. Shiva and his tribe are impressed with the Meluhan way of life. They reach the city of Srinagar and are received there by Ayurvati, the Chief of Medicine of the Meluhans. Shiva accepts the proposal and moves to Meluha with his tribe. One of those invited are the Gunas, whose chief Shiva is a brave warrior and protector. The present king of Meluha, Daksha, sends his emissaries to North India in Tibet, to invite the tribes that live there to Meluha. They also face devastating terrorist attacks from the east, the land of the Chandravanshis who have joined forces with the Nagas, a cursed race with physical deformities. However, the once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe crisis as its primary river, the revered Saraswati, is slowly drying to extinction. Meluha is a near perfect empire, created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest kings that ever lived. Unbelievable secrets will be revealed in this second book of the Shiva Trilogy, the sequel to the #1 national bestseller, The Immortals of Meluha.The Immortals of Meluha is the first novel of the Shiva trilogy series by Amish Tripathi. In a journey that will take him across the length and breadth of ancient India, Shiva searches for the truth in a land of deadly mysteries-only to find that nothing is what it seems. Unknown to Shiva, a master puppeteer is playing a grand game. Even the perfect empire Meluha is riddled with a terrible secret in Maika, the city of births. The Vasudevs-Shiva's philosopher guides-betray his unquestioning faith as they take the aid of the dark side.

The book had faced rejection from many publishing houses but went on to become a sensation.

A kingdom is dying as it is held to ransom for a miracle drug. Editors Note: The Immortals of Meluha marked the arrival of Amish and the beginning of his Shiva trilogy.

The evidence of the malevolent rise of evil is everywhere. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary, His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati.
