Jazeera|Yash Pawaskar | Book Review
Become a Patron! Reading Indian historical fiction is always surprising. These books don’t ever fail to show us our potential. They give us just a tiny glimpse of what we were and it’s enough to overwhelm us with a sense of pride. Jazeera: Legend of the Fort Island by Yash Pawaskar is a book that has joined the list of all such inspiring historical fictions. Set in 14th century CE Bharatvarsh, this book is the story of a fort island called Jazeera in the Arabian Sea. The book is divided into three parts. Ruled by the cruel and apathetic king Zorawar, referred to as Sultan, ominous things begin to happen in Jazeera. In the first part of the book, we see children between the age five and twelve beings ‘taken’ by Shadows. Going parallel to this, we come upon a group lead by a woman called Kashvi living on Become a Patron! the western coast of the Indian subcontinent, which were the inhabitants of the island but left when Zorawar came in power. There are many other para