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02522aam a2200361 i 4500 001 14F86F0E720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221202010048 007 tb 008 221025t20222022meu d 000 f eng d 020 $a 9798885783255 (hardcover : large print) 035 $a (OCoLC)1348711341 040 $a OMN $b eng $e rda $c OMN $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3616.A86673 $b K35 2022b 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Patel, Vaishnavi, $e author. 245 10 $a Kaikeyi : $b a novel / $c Vaishnavi Patel. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 300 $a 671 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a ""I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions- much good it did me." So begins Kaikeyi's tale. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on grand stories about the might and benevolence of the gods: how they churned vast oceans to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they offer the devoted and the wise magnificent boons, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land prospers. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, her own worth measured by how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear. Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the ancient texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. She uses it to transform herself from overlooked princess into warrior, diplomat, and most-favored queen, determined to forge a better world for herself than the one that gods and men have granted. But as the demons of stories Kaikeyi grew up hearing threaten the cosmic order, her will clashes with the path that the gods have chosen for her family-and especially that of her beloved son, Rama. And she must decide if her resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak...and what legacy she intends to leave behind"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a KaikeyiÌ $c (Hindu mythological character) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Queens $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hindu gods $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Demonology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hindu mythology $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Mythological fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20221202011050.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14F86F0E720F11EDB6E4AA0447ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search