Book Review – “Dark Pursuit- The Lost Shinmahs”

Title:  Dark Pursuit- The Lost Shinmahs

Author:  Kevan Dinn

About the story: I like to read books. I am a weird type of reader. Either I lose myself in history or biographies or fictions which make you bite your nails. I love those authors and their work which don’t allow me to leave their book before completing. What will be your reaction if all the above expectations are satisfied in single novel? Yes, here I am talking about Kevan Dinn’s debut entry in the world of historical fictions: Dark Pursuit- The Lost Shinmahs.

I left the book only after completion with four mugs of coffee in a row. It is a story of a family of Shinmahs, the people with uncommon mental prowess who were considered as the saviors of this world from the threats from the dark warlord Khomer. The story is based on one such family of shinmahs who hide their child from the truth of their unbelievable power. One day they forecast the threats and obstacles coming in their lives in future and leave their small town to move towards Liguanea under the reason of higher skills development of their child.

But their journey gets adventurous day by day. It is the thrilling story of their reactions to the attacks which follow them throughout journey. The boy is the center attraction of the story when he comes to realize about his powers and he learns to use them by the time. You can pick this first novel of the series of four to start the journey with shinmahs with number of twists and surprises. You will crave for the next one once you finish this one.

My Review: This book has a rating of 3.86/5 on Goodreads which is nothing but a stamp mark on this review. The style of writing is fresh and it will never disappoint you in the area of excitement for the twists. One really cannot expect such a level from debut Indian author.

First I got confusion when I read the word shinmah but when I started the book the word came as a very interesting concept which was opened very slowly in the story as interesting as opening of Saussuria Obvallata, Brahm Kamal.

Today many authors are succeeding in historical fictions and Kevan’s this book is matching the level of popular novelists, Here I suggest you to read the book and start guessing the plot of next novel. The price of the novel is very cheap compared to its level of content. Go for it and happy reading!

Rating: 4/5 (A good read)

The book was received as part of Reviewers Programme on The Tales Pensieve.