Remember the first time you saw Japanese comics? The excitement. The buzz. The sales! Here comes the next big thing - storytelling and comics from India. Devi (pronounced Day-vee) is India's first super-hero. Tara Mehta, an unsuspecting young woman in the futuristic Indian city, Sitapur is the Devi. She has no idea that she is about to become the centerpiece of a divine battle between the Gods of Light and the demon Lord Bala. Devi is a powerhouse of a story about a young woman battling for survival in a landscape of ancient legends, duty and fate. She walks the line between tradition, destiny and free will. Where will she fall? Between the Divine and the Diabolical there is Devi.

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Kapur, Shekhar

Literature & Fiction

Virgin Comics Llc

Enter a post-apocalyptic world where the last of humanity struggles to fight against the evil hordes of Nark, a dark continent lead by the monstrous Ravan. Honorable, but inexperienced brothers Princes Rama and Lakshman are duty-bound to take command of the seemingly dormant outpost of Ayodhya. They soon realize no place in the world is safe from Ravan's iron grip and must become warriors to defend their people to the death. In a time when what's left world is enshrouded in darkness, these brothers are mankind's last beacons of hope...

Deepak Chopra & Shekhar Kapur's Ramayan 3392 AD Volume 1: The Mahavinaash Age

CHOPRA, DEEPAK

Dasgupta, Shamik

Virgin Comics

The power of the goddess is unrivaled. Forged by the strength of the gods, the force the goddess Devi retains is meant to bring balance among gods and men. But the current Devi Incarnate is different. Her female host, Tara Mehta, is still alive and struggles to comprehend the awesome responsibility she now faces. Humanity is threatened by the fallen Lord Bala and salvation rests in the hands of a goddess-torn in two. Devi wields the power of the gods, but now the virtue that makes the female entity so distinct, yet so vulnerable: compassion. The Divine and Diabolical collide in an epic battle, culminating in a night of reckoning in Devi: Samvara, the exciting sequel to the first trade paperback!

Devi Volume 2: Samvara

Comics & Graphic Novels

Basu, Samit

Graphic Novels

Jessica Peterson has grown accustomed to her "snakish" ways-that is accepting the Snake Woman within. In this riveting sequel to the first trade paperback, Jess is pulled deeper into the karmic cycle of vengeance she is impelled to wreak on the 68-those who had ruthlessly desecrated the sacred temple of the Snake god in the 18th Century. Harker, head of the 68, is determined to end the cycle of reincarnation he faces by helping Jess kill those he is meant to lead. But he's becoming a bit too demanding. As the blood count gets thicker, Jess finds herself amidst a labyrinth of duplicity. Who can she trust and who will pay the price of the Snake woman's blood bath?

Shekhar Kapur's Snake Woman Volume 2: The Faithful

Wells, Zeb

Tara Mehta felt trapped in her aimless life, always suspecting she was destined for greater things. But being the avatar of the celestial warrior Devi, an entire pantheon's champion destined to fight the renegade god Bala, was a bit out of her league. Nevertheless, the Goddess and the Human in her joined forces and prevailed over Bala. Now Tara's mind must maintain its sanity as the divine and the human coexist. Will she be able to live up to her promise of being not just a champion for the gods, but also the harbinger of hope for the entirety mankind? Ancient and primal apocalyptic forces awaken from their eon-old slumber and head straight for the city of Sitapur, with only Devi standing in their way. Writer Saurav Mohapatra (India Authentic) and artist Saumin Patel join forces for Devi's deadliest test, "Karmageddon."

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