Download or read book Massacre At Midnight written by Chaudhary Kaushal Kishor Thakur and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Massacre at Midnight’ is a fascinating tale of medieval intrigue and revenge in the best traditions of ‘magic realism’ with a touch of the divine. Set in the Mughal times; the story opens with the covetous Nawaab of Waariaul locking horns with the principled estate-owner of Singhwaar over the possession of LaaDlii and Pyaare; a famed pair of hunting dogs. The Nawaab enlists the support of Mughal army under false pretences; portraying Singhwaar’s Thaakur as a seditious renegade. The family is massacred to the last man and Singhwaar is laid waste. The widow gives birth to a male heir in a fugue; abandoning the infant in the wilderness. The child is miraculously saved by the benevolent goddess Vana-Durgaa and becomes her favourite. When he comes of age; Destiny takes him to the imperial court at Delhi for a show-down with his father’s murderer; witnessed by the Great Mughal himself. Based largely on folklore; ‘Massacre at Midnight’ is replete with enchanting old world belief in miracles; spirits protecting family fortunes and poetic justice for the unjust as well as glimpses of life in medieval Mithilaa.