The Devourers by Indra Das

A dark and atmospheric fantasy novel that moves between seventeenth-century Mughal India and twenty-first-century Kolkata, weaving together shapeshifters, hunters, magic, humanity and love.

The Devourers by Indra Das is a richly imagined fantasy novel that begins in seventeenth-century Mumtazabad, Cyrah, where a young wanderer encounters a mysterious man who claims to be a monster.

Centuries later in Kolkata, Professor Alok Mukherjee becomes drawn into a strange and unsettling encounter with a man who claims to be a werewolf. The story moves between historical India and the modern-day Sundarbans, exploring shapeshifters, hunters and the blurred boundaries between humans and monsters.

Atmospheric, mysterious and emotionally layered, The Devourers combines Indian history, fantasy, mythology and a compelling exploration of what it means to be human.

Book Details

• Author: Indra Das
• Publisher: Penguin
• Genre: Fiction
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780143424406
• Original MRP: ₹550