The former head of the department, English, at Kerala Samajam Model School (KSMS) Jamshedpur, Anirban Roy, has launched its maiden novel ‘A Black Moon Odyssey’.
‘A Black Moon Odyssey’ is essentially a story of love and family bonding, set against a dark and sinister background. Roy at present is the head of department, English at Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata. He served at KSMS from 1999 to 2007. The book was launched under the aegis of Rotary Club of Jamshedpur at Beldih Club.
Addressing the media Ronald D’costa former district governor of Rotary Club said that Roy has been teaching English for the last 17 years at the ICSE and ISC levels. He mentors students at debating at the national and international level and also writes scripts for plays. Roy is also an orator of repute and has conducted several programmes for schools. Sharing his experience of writing Roy said that ‘A Black Moon Odyssey’ is a novel which targets adults. It deals with human relationships, love and tries to explore dark traits of the human mind.
The uniqueness of the novel lies in its unpretentious and unabashed dealing with human relationships.The story revolves around Amarnath who returns to “Sweet Cottage” in Jharsugrah after three years of imprisonment. In an act of retribution, he along with his uncle had killed four vicious men for commiting rape and murder of his sister, Sanchari. Naveen Chautala, the dreaded black sheep of the renowned Chautala family was one of them. Inspector Khaled Hussein, a brilliant cop, had helped Amarnath and his family.
life settles down to peace and quietude and intrigues of the occasional ‘black moon’ nightmare of Ginni, till the Chautalas become neighbours of Amarnath,s family. Ignorant of the past, the Chautalas and Majumdars (Amarnath’s family) become ideal neighbours and then relatives. Devi Prasad Chautala, the head of the Chautala family, loves Amarnath like his son. Pragya Chuatala, the beautiful daughter-in-law of Devi Prasad and an entrepreneur, falls in love with Amarnath.
The love is reciprocal, true and intense. The mysterious, enigmatic and irresistibly attractive Dr. Sanyuktha Menon loves Amarnath in a patient, unselfish w ay. But the Chautala family has horrible secrets; secrets so venomous that can seriously compromise the past of the Majumdars. Pragya Chautala takes upon herself the task of protecting both the families from their secrets; a task that would extract the ultimate price.