Cult of Chaos, an Anantya Tantrist mystery

The tantriks are now overground. They have their own council, police and justice systems. The Kaula Ashram of the white tantriks have emerged as the most powerful; their men are recognized tantriks, women intimate collaborators.

Then there is Anantya Tantrik, who has rejected the Kaula path. She is powerful and lives life by her own strict moral code. Who needs offical seals anyway? When the world goes to hell in a handcart, badges and honours aren’t going to save the day.

Incidentally, hell and chaos is exactly where the world is headed. In Delhi, little girls are being sacrificed in a tantrik ritual. A desperate daeva is trying to blackmail Anantya. Someone is trying to call up the God of Chaos. A three-headed giant cobra turns up in old Delhi. The White and Red tantriks are facing off, and there is one or more Black tantric brewing some dangerous shakti. As Anantya struggles to stop the madness, the supernatural underworld – peopled with creatures humanoid, barely human and inhuman – comes alive in all its bloody, gory glory.

In top ten in Asian Age, Oxford Bookstore, WH Smith Bookstores and Bahrisons Bookstores.

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Authors on Cult of Chaos

‘Cult of Chaos is racy, rousing, rambunctious and rakshas-ful. Read immediately.’ – Samit Basu
‘An author with an impressive imagination and terrific storytelling skills’ – Ashwin Sanghi
‘Cult Of Chaos is a chick-lit take on the horrors of the megacity.’ – Zac O’Yeah

Excerpts
Read the first few chapters: Google Books
Excerpted at DNA
Excerpted at The New Indian Express

Interviews

Femina, April 2015
Mint, April 2015
Business Standard, April 2015 (Book launch coverage)
DNA, April 2015 (Book launch coverage)
Radio One, March 2015
Radio City, March 2015
The Hindu, February 2015
Asian Age, February 2015
Deccan Chronicle, February 2015
The Hindu, February 2015 (Book launch coverage)
The New Indian Express, February 2015 (Book launch coverage)
Mail Today, February 2015
Economic Times (Panache), January 2015
Business Standard, January 2015
Tehelka, December 2014

Book Reviews

‘Anantya is one fiesty character.’ – Femina
‘Cult Of Chaos is a chick-lit take on the horrors of the megacity.’ – Mint
‘Cult of Chaos promises to be a crime-busting story unlike any other.’ – Asian Age
‘The terrible, scary and horrific side of society is explored…’ –Economic Times (Panache)
‘Taneja sure knows how to get the readers hooked and hang in anticipation..’ – Mail TodayAnantya Tantrist is the new gumshoe in town’ – The Hindu
‘Her protagonist is so well developed that she can have Twitter discussions with her.’ – The New Indian Express
“The launch of Shweta Taneja’s Cult of Chaos was just as unique as the genre she has explored in her book.” – The Hindu
“… the country’s first tantrik detective novel, which also talks about the key issue of women’s safety.” – Business Standard
‘…engages and piques your interest at every level…’ – Deccan Chronicle
‘Edgy thriller’ – Mid-Day
A few photos of vague viewings, happinesses and coverage around the book.

: Asian Age, February 2015

: When I first received the advance copies of Cult of Chaos

: Coverage in Tehelka

: Coverage in Tehelka

: http://www.asianage.com/ideas/cr-me-de-la-crime-762

: Front page interview in The Hindu MetroPlus, February 2015

: http://www.asianage.com/ideas/cr-me-de-la-crime-762

: Discussion on the art of writing at Bangalore Writers Workshop

: Discussion on the art of writing at Bangalore Writers Workshop

: #Interview january 2015 http://goo.gl/JTm61p

: #Review @mail_today January 2015 http://epaper.mailtoday.in/429176/mt/Mail-Today-February-1-2015#page/30/2

: #Bookexcerpt DNA http://dnai.in/cxtP

: #Bangalore #booklaunch Www.shwetawrites.com/occultquiz

: Ashu reading the paper: ‘Oye that’s you! Isn’t this the photo I took?’ Me: ‘Yes it is. Someone carried it in the paper? How cool.’ #Bangalore #booklaunch Www.shwetawrites.com/occultquiz

: #Bangalore #booklaunch Www.shwetawrites.com/occultquiz

: CultofChaos sighted at Mumbai airport. Posted by a friend.

: @mihirjoshimusic with the book as a giveaway

: Interview in New Indian Express in February

: @samitbasu’s review : “

: Graphic artist George Mathen who made the amazing cover, drinking from Cult of Chaos

: Giveaway @kiranmanral https://kiranmanral.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/interview-with-shweta-taneja-author-of-cult-of-chaos-and-a-signed-copy-giveaway/