This is the first book of the Ram Chandra Series by Amish Tripathi and has the capability to fulfill most of your expectations of a truly good mythological fiction book.
It follows the story of Ram, A Prince of Ayodhya and takes you deep into the Amish’s version of the Ramayana.
The things that take place in the book are not true but bear a striking resemblance to the Epic of all Epics which makes it all the more exciting.
There are a few parts of the book where you just can’t put it down and wish to go on reading irrespective of day and night.
Amish’s writing has improved greatly after The Shiva Trilogy ( which was in itself a good one after all) and with one of his masterpieces, takes us into the Sapt Sindhu with Ram and Sita ( I’m not forgetting Lakshman) .
This book series is written in a different way when compared to The Shiva Trilogy as the first three books in the series show us the same events all over again but with the perspective of the three most important people of the series ( Ram, Sita and Raavan) .
With my experience with books, I can tell you that reading this book with NOT prove to be a waste of time.
My Regards.