The Magicians of Mazda (Record no. 3294)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789354899089 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.92 |
| Item number | SAN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sanghi, Ashwin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Magicians of Mazda |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | HarperCollins |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Noida |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 468 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 450.00 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A fleet of boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry eighteen thousand frightened souls fleeing the cruelty of Iran's Umayyad Caliphate. Chanting Sanskrit-like prayers, the high priest consecrates a sacred fire to thank their god, Ahura Mazda, leading them to a new home and hope. He uses a mysterious substance to spark the flame, but few know of its miraculous properties or provenance.<br/><br/><br/>Centuries later, Parsi scientist Jim Dastoor is abducted from his Seattle laboratory and whisked away to Tehran. The Ayatollah believes Jim is the key to uncovering the ancient relic known as the Athravan Star and his men will do anything to possess it, even murder.<br/><br/><br/>From the ancient ruins of Persepolis to the Taliban camps of Afghanistan, from the womb of an Udvada fire temple to the icy mountains of Kashmir, from the dreadful coffin cells of Tehran to the deathly calm of Diu's Tower of Silence, Jim and his historian wife, Linda, are sucked into a terrifying chase across vividly changing landscapes.<br/><br/><br/>Deftly navigating between time and geography, The Magicians of Mazda travels backwards, through the epochs of Islamic jihad, Macedonian revenge, Achaemenid glory, messianic birth, Aryan schism-to the Vedic fount from where it began.<br/><br/><br/>This is Ashwin Sanghi's most gripping and provocative novel yet. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fiction |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Fiction | 31914 | 18-08-2022 | Indian Institute of Management LRC | Indian Institute of Management LRC | General Stacks | 09/23/2022 | University Book House Pvt. Ltd. | 308.92 | 3 | 2 | 823.92 SAN | 003270 | 02/02/2024 | 01/04/2024 | 1 | 450.00 | 09/23/2022 | Book |