“Weak people never admit that they are responsible for their own state. They always blame either circumstances or others.”

                               ― Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

In this blog, we are going to review the last book of the Shiva Trilogy, the book which connects all the dots and completes the story - The Oath Of The Vayuputras. Before the release of the book Amish Tripathi promised the book readers that this will give all the answers left unanswered and this will be a grand end of the Shiva trilogy.

For this book publicity, Amish adopted many new techniques like interactive apps, merchandise and a music album titled Vayuputras, containing music inspired by different events in the series.

This book like his previous books was an instant success with 350,000 copies for pre-order, and an initial print-run of 500,000 copies. Westland paid Tripathi 5 crore for his next book series.  

Vayuputra song - https://youtu.be/RHuWG7izehw


My Rating -  ★★★★✩

Publisher - Westland Ltd

Genre - Mythological Fiction

Publishing year - 2013

Language -English

ISBN - 9789381626603

Pages - 400



My Review 

“Ati sarvatra varjayet. Excess should be avoided; excess of anything is bad.”

                               ― Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

The story continues from the previous part where Shiva gets to know that his friend Brahaspati is alive and well and was not killed by Nagas as everyone thought. There Shiva comes to know about the side-effect and evil of somras, which caused the deformities in the Nagas as well as making the Saraswati River dry. This makes Shiva declare a ban on somras for greater well-being. This ban on Somras causes the Meluha king to declare war on Shiva and his allies, which makes the core of this book. Shiva war with the Evil Somras.

If you are someone who likes reading war stories, this book is made for you. More than half of this book is filled with war tactics, planning and war. The war strategy, using elephants for the war, using the famous Brahmastra weapon, and A man fighting a hundred others this book has it all. This book has also beautifhowhe way in which war was fought in the early ages.

Amish Tripathi has also done a brilliant job with the way he has shown Shiva taking a decision about somras, the thing that made him the God and the thing which makes life longer and healthier for many people, has to be stopped because it was causing many problems. Shiva getting to terms with that fact and making people believe in that is one hell of a story.

One thing that Amish Tripathi is often criticized for is using modern, easy English but I think this is a very good thing as easy English allows many readers to actually read books without looking into the dictionary after every line and eventually losing interest in books.

So, if you are someone who likes war stories, want a thriller and have read the other two part of this series, you are up for a grand end of the Shiva Trilogy 😊


Where to buy: https://amzn.eu/d/bSKymVC