What happens when evil no longer needs to announce itself, and belief stops being about surrender and starts becoming a transaction? That question sits at the heart of Aghori of Manikarnika 2: The Trident of Shiva, and it lingers long after the story moves on. I didn’t close this book feeling entertained; I closed it feeling quietly confronted, as if something ancient had observed me without judgment and left me alone with my answers. Set against the unsettling stillness
