THE legend
The Samyantaka
A diamond with a consciousness of its own. It chooses its owner, extends their life, and curses anyone who takes it unchosen.
The world only remembers it because Lord Krishna was accused of stealing it. Then Dwarka drowned, and the diamond vanished.
the characters
Who you will meet
1263 BC
Akko
Kohenat
A veiled priestess who has forgotten her powers, her past, and far more than she knows. What she guards must never fall into the wrong hands.
Akko
Aziza
Kohenat’s younger adopted daughter. Shy and gentle, with a healer’s gift for herbs and a quiet strength no one sees coming.
The Seven Sages
Kashyapa
One of the seven mysterious sages, on a journey to save a creature the world has forgotten. Mentor to the god Apollo.
Egypt
Seth
The power behind the Pharaoh’s throne. He rules Egypt, but the one thing he cannot rule is the diamond.
Akko
Shirin
Kohenat’s elder adopted daughter. Brave, fiercely loyal and a friend to every animal, she will fight for justice at any cost.
LYCIAN FOREST
Apollo
A grieving god who never walks without his white raven. He longs for one thing: that Kohenat remembers who she truly is.
Myra
Irina
A beautiful, kind-hearted pirate queen, determined to restore Myra to the glory it knew when her mother ruled.
PI-RAMESSES
Mesu
A veteran general of the Battle of Kadesh and Seth’s loyal right hand. Now a powerful man at court, he is looking for a wife.
APSAS
Artemis
Apollo’s twin sister, the huntress and goddess of the moon. She rules Apsas with her Arktos at her side.
Sagalassos
The Fates
Three sisters who trade in red pottery in the hilltop city of Sagalassos. They spin, they measure, they cut, and every thread passes through their hands.
Myra
Zey
A young pirate sent to Akko on his king’s secret mission, who never planned on falling in love.
2023 AD
FRANKFURT
Agastya
An AI engineer who wakes on a distant beach with his memories broken, and a warning: find the diamond, or lose every memory of his daughter.
ÇIRALI, TURKEY
Cheshire
A lawyer by day who fights fearlessly for her animal rescue charity. Rutian’s closest friend, haunted by a past she can’t explain.
FRANKFURT
Daniel
A tech millionaire, and Agastya’s former mentor and current boss. Whatever is happening, Daniel holds the key.
UBUD, BALI
Ileana
Born in Mauritius, raised on ambition. Daniel’s wife and Agastya’s former classmate, she runs a luxury resort and an education charity in Bali.
ANTALYA
Rutian
A researcher working between Myra and Antalya, drawn to the ancient goddesses, above all Artemis. Cheshire’s closest friend.
DEMRE
Khalid
A powerful southern Turkish businessman everyone calls Reis. Sponsor of the excavation at Myra, he now answers to a new and unseen boss.
ANTALYA
Red
Khalid’s right-hand man, sharp-suited and easy to like. He has eyes for Cheshire, but his loyalties are not what they seem.
Bali
The Fates
Three women in a golf cart, always arriving just before something happens. Their faces change with every age. Their work never does.
UBUD, BALI
Dr. Lynne
An Australian psychologist who leads meditation retreats in Bali, and the only guide who can help Agastya and Rutian find their way.
maps
Where the story unfolds
The book is told in two parts, and each part moves between two worlds: the Bronze Age of 1263 BC and our own present of 2023. Fire: The Divine Debt travels from Akko across the eastern Mediterranean to the coast of southern Turkey. Water: Streams of Data crosses ancient Anatolia, then journeys from Mumbai to the Himalayas and Bali. Choose a map to explore.
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