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The Pralaya Prophecy

Mridula Ramesh

A planet in peril. A prophecy set in motion. A father running out of time.

When his father vanishes, Rajan – the drunk, eternal disappointment becomes the last keeper of an ancient prophecy with only one thing left to live for – his young daughter, Lakshmi.

But an explosion in their village forces father and daughter to flee, finding refuge in Lakshmi's school teacher, Swati. Guided by street-smart, imperturbable Thangam, they set off on a quest where Vaishnavite lore merges with climate science and the occult, seeking to unlock a mysterious and powerful force that can protect them. Or tear them apart. At every step, they are hunted by a shadowy global elite that manipulates climate disasters for profit, wanting to destroy them and the secret they guard.

Can Rajan confront his inner demons and rise to defend his daughter and the world, as secrets, corporate greed and environmental chaos collide in a desperate race against time?

  • Classification : Thriller
  • Pub Date : JAN 16, 2026
  • Imprint : Hachette India
  • Page Extent : 424
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9789357313988
  • Price : INR 599
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Mridula Ramesh

Mridula Ramesh is the award-winning author of The Climate Solution and Watershed and the founder of Sundaram Climate Institute, which focuses on waste and water solutions. She is an active climatetech angel investor with a portfolio of over thirty start-ups, and is involved with several initiatives to spur climatetech entrepreneurship. A graduate with distinction from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, she worked in McKinsey's Silicon Valley office and is the executive director of Sundaram Textiles – the company was amongst the first textile companies globally to win the coveted TPM Excellence Award. She is part of the board of trustees of World Wildlife Fund, India, the former Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, and is part of the Global Future Councils of the World Economic Forum. She is a columnist with leading Indian newspapers, penning a monthly column in The Hindustan Times.

She lives and experiments in Madurai in a (nearly) net-zero-waste and water-secure home with her husband and two children.

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