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The Fifth Yuga

Harshith_Varma
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Synopsis
One wrong turn. That was all it took to turn a college trip into a massacre. Dhruv Iyer just wanted to survive his engineering semester in Bangalore with decent attendance. Instead, he woke up in a nightmare. Their van has crashed—not into a ravine, but into a different dimension entirely. Welcome to the Khandava-Prastha. Here, the trees bleed red sap, the monsters are stitched together from nightmares, and the sky is replaced by massive, grinding stone gears. With ten friends dead in the wreckage and a "System" interface flickering to life in his vision, Dhruv is left with only one choice: Evolve or die. Leading a broken team—a blind seer, a guilt-ridden strategist, a crippled berserker, and a grieving healer—Dhruv must navigate a forest that remembers ancient grudges. The System offers power, but the forest demands blood. To go home, they don't just have to survive the night. They have to survive the dawn of the Fifth Yuga.
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Chapter 1 - AUTHOR'S NOTE

Why I wrote this story:

We all grew up reading Percy Jackson, watching movies about Thor, or playing games set in Egyptian tombs. Greek, Norse, and Egyptian mythologies are everywhere in pop culture. Their stories are told a thousand different ways.

But what about Indian Mythology?

It is a treasure trove of epic wars, divine super-weapons (Astras), cosmic philosophy, and terrifying monsters that rival anything in the West. Yet, these top-class stories are rarely told on a global stage, or at least not in the way they deserve to be.

I want to tell the stories that are screaming to be told. I want to see our myths clash with the modern LitRPG genre.

A small request: This is my very first novel. I am pouring my heart into this world, but I am still learning. Please bear with me if the writing isn't perfect in the beginning. I promise that as Dhruv levels up, I will level up as an author alongside him.

Thank you for giving this story a chance.