An ARKANE Thriller by J.F. Penn
Destroyer of Worlds
“I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.” Bhagavad Gita
A bomb rips through Trafalgar Square as thieves raid the ARKANE vault for a single bronze fragment.
It is part of a broken statue of Shiva Nataraja that Director Marietti hid decades ago, because assembled, it is a weapon out of the oldest myths, one that haunted Oppenheimer.
As millions gather to bathe at the Kumbh Mela, Morgan and Jake race across India to keep the pieces apart, hunted by a devotee who believes the goddess demands a sacrifice the size of a river.
Finalist, International Thriller Writers Award 2017 (Best E-Book Original Novel).
Finalist, International Thriller Writers Award 2017.
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The research behind the book
The Shiva at CERN
India's Department of Atomic Energy really gave CERN a dancing Nataraja in 2004.
Learn more →Oppenheimer and the Gita
I am become Death, destroyer of worlds: the physicist reaching for scripture at Trinity.
The Brahmastra
The Mahabharata's weapon as bright as a thousand suns, the myth that haunts the book.
The Towers of Silence
Zoroastrian sky burial on Malabar Hill, and the vulture crisis that threatens it.
Learn more → The gatheringThe Kumbh Mela
The largest human gathering on Earth: 120 million pilgrims, 30 million bathing on a single day.
Learn more →The Nine Unknown Men
Emperor Ashoka's legendary guardians of dangerous knowledge, India's answer to the Illuminati.
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Stone of Fire
Book 1
Crypt of Bone
Book 2
Ark of Blood
Book 3
One Day in Budapest
Book 4
Day of the Vikings
Book 5
Gates of Hell
Book 6
One Day in New York
Book 7
Destroyer of Worlds
Book 8 · this book
End of Days
Book 9
Valley of Dry Bones
Book 10
Tree of Life
Book 11
Tomb of Relics
Book 12
Soldiers of God
Short story
Spear of Destiny
Book 13