The City of Devi by Manil Suri

The City of Devi by Manil Suri

Mumbai screams, a city teetering on the jagged edge of nuclear midnight. Sirens wail, rival gangs ignite the streets in violence, and the countdown to annihilation has begun. Yet, for Sarita, this vast terror shrinks to a single, desperate point: her physicist husband, Karun, is missing, and she clutches a ripe pomegranate—her fragile belief in a prophecy of reunion. At the same moment, across the disintegrating metropolis, the magnetic Jaz, a man who moves through chaos with a survivor's grace, is driven by his own raw grief, relentlessly searching for his lost lover, a vital connection severed by the city’s sudden collapse. Feel the city’s fever dream as their desperate paths—Sarita guided by ancient faith, Jaz by fierce, immediate love—begin to twist towards each other. Both are drawn by impossible whispers: the goddess Devi has appeared, a radiant promise of salvation amidst the burning ruins. In a landscape of terror and ecstatic devotion, their searches for individual solace become inextricably tangled with the city’s last, miraculous hope, hurtling them towards revelations more transformative than the apocalypse itself. Manil Suri crafts a stunning, audacious vision where the search for human connection blazes brightest at the very end of the world.

Why You’ll Love This Book

Manil Suri masterfully blends stark, apocalyptic tension with surprising moments of love, humor, and mythic wonder in this truly original novel. The story offers a gripping and audacious exploration of faith, desperation, and human connection in the face of unimaginable crisis, set against a vividly rendered Mumbai. Readers will be captivated by the unique quests of Sarita and Jaz and the novel's bold, imaginative scope that challenges and enthralls.