Book I of the Sanjeevan Trilogy

The Rhythm of the Stone

A spine surgeon inherits her father's failing Ayurveda factory and a nerve-healing paste he could never make again. The missing step isn't an ingredient. It's the rhythm the stone pestle strikes.

Cover of The Rhythm of the Stone: a Kathak dancer mid-spin in stage light

She came home to sell the factory

Dr. Vedika is mid-surgery at Johns Hopkins when she learns her father has died in Wai, the temple town on the Krishna she left twenty-five years ago.

His Ayurveda factory is failing. In his blue box she finds twelve sealed letters, and proof of a cure he could never make again. The missing step is a rhythm, struck into stone in the pattern of Kathak bols. Only she can lead it, and she gave up dancing a long time ago.

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Setting
Wai, Maharashtra, and Baltimore
Series
Book I of the Sanjeevan Trilogy
Publication
Coming soon on Kindle and in paperback
The swing was still. The person commanding it was no longer there.
From chapter 2, “Home”
A small oil lamp burning in an empty room next to a larger than life photo frame.
From chapter 2, “Home”
Baba never had secrets. The blue box would not have been an exception.
From chapter 2, “Home”

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