BOOK DETAILS :
- Publisher : Astitva Prakashan; First Edition (12 September 2025)
- Paperback : 239 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9370027181
- ISBN-13 : 978-9370027183
ABOUT THE AUTHOR :
Yudhishthir Singh is from Lucknow, where he also did his schooling and Bachelor’s degree. Life took him to Delhi for professional aspirations. He resumes his story telling journey by writing his debut novel Blight of the Ivory. Visit his instagram and website to know more about him.
BOOK REVIEW :
What happens when a man on the verge of collapse is handed a shortcut to everything he ever wanted; wrapped in ancient bone and darker intentions? Blight of the Ivory by Yudhishthir Singh is that unsettling journey, where desperation meets desire, and morality slowly begins to rot.
At the centre of this eerie tale is Akshat, a struggling entrepreneur whose marketing agency seems cursed with setbacks. Deadlines crumble, opportunities slip, and life feels like a game rigged against him; until he encounters Indrajeet, an enigmatic old man carrying an artefact that feels older than time itself. The Ivory.
But nothing in horror ever comes without a cost.
As Akshat’s luck begins to turn, Singh slowly peels back the psychological layers; showing how ambition can corrupt, how desire can blur the line between right and wrong, and how power can seduce even the most ordinary person into darkness. What starts as a tiny moral compromise becomes a spiral of guilt, paranoia, and unravelling sanity. And beneath it all lies a chilling thread of Indian mythology, grounding the horror not in jump scares, but in something far more unsettling: the power we invite into our lives when we think we deserve shortcuts.
The strongest element of this book is how real the horror feels. Not flashy. Not loud. But creeping. Whispers of dread. Echoes of consequence. The sense that the object—The Ivory; is watching, waiting, feeding.
If you enjoy horror that blends myth, psychological tension, and slow-burn dread, this book deserves a spot on your TBR. Singh doesn’t just tell a scary story; he holds up a mirror to the parts of us we don’t want to confront: our ambitions, our cravings, and the choices we justify when we think no one is watching.
Comments
Post a Comment