About The Book

Emperor Ashoka left a legacy in the form of a set of nine books which when referred together, can lead to limitless wealth and power. These precious books are protected from generations together by a secret society appointed by the emperor. The Tenth Unknown is a race amongst various individuals to possess these books and claim immense power and supremacy.

Unfortunate circumstances lead to the possession of one of the books in the hands of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. He appoints Joseph Heidler, a Nazi officer with an unconventional style to trace rest of the books. A wave of panic and terror spreads across the world especially in Britain.

On the other hand Prithvi, a man who is more English than an Indian leads a comfortable life in the cricket domain. However, he is forced to join the quest to find and protect these books on his grandfather's insistence, who was a member of the secret society. Prithvi has to reach to the books before Heidler while protecting himself. Who will reach to the books first? Will the good triumph over the evil?

The Tenth Unknown is a thrilling novel with a historic base and a mixture of facts and fiction. The book covers the Magadhian era in the 232 BC till the time when India attained its independence in the year 1947. The Tenth Unknown is available in paperback, published by Niyogi Books in 2011.