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Hunting the Invisible (Fear and Fire, Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Valmiki B K (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

*Sleepy Hollow Reimagined!*

When a deadly wraith invaded a historical, idyllic village nestled in dark woods...

Godfort was a forgotten village in the eighteenth century British India - a land and time ripe with folk tales from the dark. And the tales came to life with the invasion of a sinister wraith that begins to claim innocent lives.

Arthur is a blind man. His findings lead him to some mysterious happenings around Godfort. Each move he makes takes him closer to the truth, throwing him into a whirlwind of mystery and the discovery of the wraith. But a blind man is no match for a wraith!

Ramabrahmam, a mystical guardian of the village, believes the secret to match the strength of the wraith lies with a wildling named Mahabali who lives in obscurity. But Mahabali has never been tamed before.

Can a blind man and a mystical guardian stop the unstoppable wraith? Can the wildling be tamed? Above all, was the wraith truly discovered?

You will love Valmiki's fast paced supernatural/fantasy thriller mystery with engaging characters and plot twists.

Warning: you will turn the pages into the night!

Each book in the series has a complete story arc. Get the book now!

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    Fear and Fire
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"Hunting the Invisible (Fear and Fire, Book 1) by Valmiki B K is an amazing piece of literature with thrilling action-packed fantasy adventure flushed with twist and turns." - John Kerry, Goodreads Top 20 Reviewer

"This book is a pulsating work of supernatural-history-thriller-fiction with an intriguing plot and unputdownable gripping story. The author's work is fluent and artistic and like a seasonal writer who knows what he is writing about, and I must say, his writing skills and characterization are indubitable." - Niel (@lonelectorem), IG Reviewer

"A nail-biting, fast-paced page turner, Hunting the Invisible has tried to bring back the thrill of reading a mystery-fantasy-history-suspense all encapsulated into a 560+ pages long work of fiction written by an Indian author." - Nikita (@thebookelf), IG Reviewer

"The book is a striking blend of genres like history, thriller, suspense and fantasy and one thing is for certain that you'll not get bored." - Aayushi Jain (@_penandpapers), IG Reviewer

"Like a lot of the slow burn thrillers, the build up worked perfectly well for me towards the end, hitting a crescendo and giving the satisfaction of having read a well written thriller which didn't really rush through. I finished the book faster than the time I took to read some of the 300 pagers out there." - Roshan Prabhakar, Goodreads Reviewer

"The story is very interesting and a page-turner indeed." - Shreyasi Basu (@ladythor_bookblogger), IG Reviewer

"Hunting The Invisible by Valmiki B K is the first book in the Fear & Fire trilogy is a fast paced supernatural thriller mystery with engaging characters and plot twists, set in 1753 British India." - Avani, Goodreads Top 10 Reviewer

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08V1VGFR2
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.8 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 379 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 1 of 3 ‏ : ‎ Fear and Fire
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

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When Valmiki was 17, he went to a university for graduation in engineering...

His life was about to become a dramedy with morning classes, assignments and lab work, but little did he know it would turn out to be a supernatural thriller when he discovered his passion: storytelling! Instead of textbooks, he began devouring the likes of Wilkie Collins, Stephen King, Agatha Christie, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien (is that Tolkien or Tolkein?) and many more. He still mulls over how Stephen King described fiction as: The Truth Inside A Lie.

Valmiki was the only one among a batch of 600 students who didn't have the burden of finding a job placement when he graduated in 2007. Any guesses why? Because he was waiting for the release of the last installment of the Harry Potter series. He reread the series (as any sincere fan of the series would do), and waited first in line to get the hardbound. He earned a job later and in the eyes of everyone around him, and much to his own surprise, became a successful professional.

His life continued to be a dramedy of professional success in the day (amid office cubicles) and a fantasy thriller (rather a mystery?) in the night when he continued to work on his books. In the years between his teenage and tweenage, he married before it was too late and soon the romantic comedy between an unlikely pair became a family of fantastic four.

As you might have understood by now, Valmiki tends to see the world through genres. He becomes a thriller detective when he delves into inner spiritual musings (searching for that Truth Inside A Lie) and looks at his dream of becoming an author as a fantasy. The time he spends with his kids are cross-genre action-adventure-thriller-comedy moments.

Valmiki grew up surrounded by stories, movies, myths, plot twists, comical and sometimes persuasive villains, angry heroes, distressed damsels, magical rings, wizarding schools, lightsabers, dreams inside dreams and that big long truck tipping over. Now he spends more time discovering good books and movies rather than reading or watching them.

So when Valmiki was 17, he went to a university for graduation in engineering but instead became an author. And speaking of Truth Inside A Lie, Valmiki is the pen name of the author behind Fear and Fire series. The real author might be hiding in your plain sight.

Visit www.valmikiauthor.com for more! You can reach the author at valmiki@valmikiauthor.com

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  • SHREYASI BASU
    4.0 out of 5 stars The wondrous and mysterious Fantasy
    Reviewed in India on June 21, 2021
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    Maybe after ages, I have read such anecdotal that is enough to blow the reader's mind. I am the blessed one who has entered into the Fear and fire world and already finished the first book of it. "Hunting the invisible" by author Valmiki is an amazing creation with so many interesting entities. From the wondrous and mysterious Fantasy to startling ancient history, this book consists of everybody a fiction reader can ask for.

    A reader like me when saw "1753, British India: the earliest time of British colonialism " in the blurb, the innocent heart started beating rapidly with unbounded curiosity. The mysterious starting of the story had stolen my night nap without any trigger.

    The story is based on a village Gandharva, where something unusual and unpredictable mysterious incidents were happening! Villagers are dying or disappearing. Nobody knows who is the culprit but it was easy to throw a prediction on Mahabali who is A man in the metaphor of an animal. Arthur (maybe the most strong character) and ruckus started to take a step ahead for digging into this mystery and wanted help from Ramabrahmam, the most powerful priest of the village.

    All characters are very well developed and defined. They all are introduced through the story at the perfect time. The story is very interesting and a page-turner indeed. After reading two three chapters, it became slow but I have held my patience and keep reading. After some chapters when I have entered into the main plot, it was such a fast-paced and horse riding of twists. But, I think the story has been penned down in a very descriptive way and that could be summarized. Sometimes readers may feel bored because of excessive narration parts. Otherwise, everything was fine to me yet I am eagerly waiting for the next part to read. I will recommend this book to fiction and fantasy nerds but not recommended for beginners as this book needs concentration and patience to complete. It was a great time with this book and the author has done a great and admirable job.
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  • Apurva Gupta
    3.0 out of 5 stars A good plot!
    Reviewed in India on July 2, 2021
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    Hunting the Invisible by Valmiki B. K. is supernatural thriller mystery set in mid 17th century during British in India and is first book in its series, “Fear and Fire.”

    The story is based in a village named Gandharva Kota where something strange and paranormal is going on as the villagers are getting killed by someone or something mysterious. The suspicion fall on the resident wildling, Mahabali. As the renowned mystical priest —Ramabrahman — and the wise, brave blind man with his special abilities, Arthur go to seek out Mahabali, they come across the truth instead.

    The storyline is an amalgamation of their journey to tame the wilding, finding the truth along with the supernatural who is killing the innocents and putting a full stop to it. If we talk about the technicalities of the plot, the plot is full of cliffhangers and twists, as promised by the author. The beginning had me in a trance and the story that followed was compelling. It has been some time since I last read a keeping-on-edge supernatural thriller.

    Although there were more points in favour of the book, there were also some devices I did not like. Firstly, as polished and impressive the vocabulary was, there were grammatical mistakes and typos every few chapters. Secondly, there were too many names and characters to remember. Lastly, the author has used a lot of dialogues that made picturising hard.

    The character development of the main characters and the supportive ones is well done. They were well-defined and portrayed. Their emotions were represented in a graceful manner except the author could have used ‘show, not tell’ more.

    The two things that had me especially hooked were the blurb and the cover. The cover is a striking purple that perfectly lays out the supernatural as well as mystery part of the book. The factor that had me reading further was the opening. It was a blast and hooked me. As I read ahead, I did not regret picking up the book.

    The ending of the book was ideal and carries the potential for the next book in the series that the author has already written and published. I cannot wait to read it.

    Overall, I would give the book a 3.3 out of 5. The little low rating is only because of the few cons I mentioned, but every book has its pros and cons. Despite everything, I do suggest reading this book to myster/thriller/supernatural genre readers as the story is worth reading because of its plot.
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  • Roshan Prabhakar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really good fantasy/supernatural thriller!
    Reviewed in India on July 13, 2021
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    Hunting the Invisible is the first in an epic fantasy thriller series by Valmiki BK (pen name) who is an indie author. I am truly fascinated by the quality of the writing and the plot given that this is an independent effort with the author doing both editing and the publishing.

    This is a fantasy supernatural story set in India in the 18th century with a cast of Indian and British characters. The 18th century setting in an exotic Indian village adds a lot to the charm, intrigue and the overall atmosphere of the novel. The story revolves around how a team of an Indian Brahmin, an Indian tribal, a British officer and a blind but highly perceptive British man solves the mystery of and fights off an evil supernatural power.

    The book runs a length of 564 pages and may seem a bit too long in the beginning especially around the second chapter where I had a nagging feeling if its dragging a bit. But a like a lot of the slow burn thrillers, the build up worked perfectly well for me towards the end, hitting a crescendo and giving the satisfaction of having read a well written thriller which didn't really rush through. Having said that the writing is mostly conversational in nature and hence its a very easy read - in fact, I finished the book faster than the time I took to read some of the 300 pagers out there. The book has some really strong characters and especially Mahabali and Arthur are two that I really liked and wish to see more (I would love to see a detective series with Arthur as a central character. A blind detective is such a promising premise and we see shades of it all through the book which are some of the best parts for me). While there is some closure to the primary storyline, the book also leaves enough hanging and enough questions unanswered to have a promising series ahead.

    Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The quality of writing is clearly top notch and is comparable to or better than some of the popular fantasy fiction from other Indian authors. This book really deserves a publisher and a widespread distribution and I am so wishing to see that happen.
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  • Nikita Garg
    4.0 out of 5 stars Decent effort from an indie author to deliver a piece of hybrid-genre!
    Reviewed in India on June 7, 2021
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    Rating: 3.5/5 stars
    A nail-biting, fast-paced page turner, Hunting the Invisible has tried to bring back the thrill of reading a mystery-fantasy-history-suspense all encapsulated into a 560+ pages long work of fiction written by an Indian author.

    “1753. British India.” – the blurb had me at that! Possibly the first book I’ve read by an Indian author which falls under this particular hybrid-genre. The book starts off mysteriously introducing to its readers an unknown and supernatural element which lurks in an otherwise tranquil village of Godfort creating havoc and causing fatality. It is now up to the two main characters Arthur and Ramabrahmam to use their extraordinary competencies to tame the wrath that awaits in the dark.

    All the characters in the book are developed at a decent pace and the reader’s interest is sparked right from the very beginning. For instance, the character of Arthur is going to be a fan favorite. He’s blind but ironically can see things beyond the capabilities of the hoi polloi. But other characters like Mahabali, who I’m sure might be underrated, brought such an interesting dimension to the plot.

    It is not a cakewalk to amalgamate diverse genres – fantasy, history, supernatural, thriller – and warrant their essence isn’t blurred or overpowered by the other. It takes immense literary feat to ensure that the audience is captivated throughout the convoluted plots, latched to the characters, and do not lose interest while navigating 500 pages of pure fiction. It is evident that the author has tried his best, but at certain points it just doesn’t tie up as neatly as anticipated.

    The book lacked the finesse as most of the story was lost with the characters conversing with each other. The vividness and imagery were a mild touch and miss. For supernatural and thriller lovers looking to explore a culmination of multiple genres especially by an indie author, I would recommend giving this book a shot. Overall, I think the author has done a decent work, though he’s left us with a little more than anticipated piece of mystery for the upcoming sequels in this series.
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  • ANNIE CHAKRABORTY
    3.0 out of 5 stars Plot Review
    Reviewed in India on June 19, 2021
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    What the book is about?
    Well, the story is set in 1753 India. Some of the places, especially the big ports, are actual places that existed and still exist in India although some of their names might have changed over the years. Anyway, we have a priest, an old village situated on the banks of a river (I'm guessing Godavari but I cannot recall the name) , some British officers and clerks, trying to hunt an almost invisible satanic force bent on terrorizing and murdering innocents.

    What did I enjoy?
    The setting. The time period. The adrenaline infused adventure. Black magic and priests. The story had some really good elements and a very commendable well researched plot but there were some inaccuracies and the author did address them in his note at the end of the book. Every character plays a solid part in the story. The book could easily be adapted into a bollywood movie. To be honest, the writing resembled a movie's screenplay more so than anything else. I really liked the references to Indian traditions and rituals through the repeated emphasis on the connection of the priest with his neighborhood, his overall spiritual reputation, some superstitions etc.

    What I didn't like about the book?
    There are things that really bugged me. I was mentally hovering between 2 and 3 star ratings for a long time before I eventually decided upon 3. I did like the book in general but I do have some specific issues. Firstly, the entire story ran mostly in dialogs between the characters which is fine at one point but gradually became tiring. And sometimes it became hard to follow. Here's the thing, you either use less to and fro speech or you make them a little more constructive. I don't know exactly how to put it into words, it's just a personal suggestion, but you could try not showing a character 's emotional struggles and indecision through dialogs. Secondly, the author did use some really good words and amazing language but editing of the book was not up to mark. I found typos, grammatical errors and even names used in wrong reference. Thirdly, like most bollywood commercial movies the book seemed a little unreasonably long and filled with too much boisterous dialogs, weak character building and the characters themselves were a little harder to get emotionally attached to. And there were too many characters, too many names to keep track of. I know I am a little fastidious but ehh.

    Overall the story was a good one but I'm not really interested in reading the sequel.
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    ANNIE CHAKRABORTY
    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Plot Review

    Reviewed in India on June 19, 2021
    What the book is about?
    Well, the story is set in 1753 India. Some of the places, especially the big ports, are actual places that existed and still exist in India although some of their names might have changed over the years. Anyway, we have a priest, an old village situated on the banks of a river (I'm guessing Godavari but I cannot recall the name) , some British officers and clerks, trying to hunt an almost invisible satanic force bent on terrorizing and murdering innocents.

    What did I enjoy?
    The setting. The time period. The adrenaline infused adventure. Black magic and priests. The story had some really good elements and a very commendable well researched plot but there were some inaccuracies and the author did address them in his note at the end of the book. Every character plays a solid part in the story. The book could easily be adapted into a bollywood movie. To be honest, the writing resembled a movie's screenplay more so than anything else. I really liked the references to Indian traditions and rituals through the repeated emphasis on the connection of the priest with his neighborhood, his overall spiritual reputation, some superstitions etc.

    What I didn't like about the book?
    There are things that really bugged me. I was mentally hovering between 2 and 3 star ratings for a long time before I eventually decided upon 3. I did like the book in general but I do have some specific issues. Firstly, the entire story ran mostly in dialogs between the characters which is fine at one point but gradually became tiring. And sometimes it became hard to follow. Here's the thing, you either use less to and fro speech or you make them a little more constructive. I don't know exactly how to put it into words, it's just a personal suggestion, but you could try not showing a character 's emotional struggles and indecision through dialogs. Secondly, the author did use some really good words and amazing language but editing of the book was not up to mark. I found typos, grammatical errors and even names used in wrong reference. Thirdly, like most bollywood commercial movies the book seemed a little unreasonably long and filled with too much boisterous dialogs, weak character building and the characters themselves were a little harder to get emotionally attached to. And there were too many characters, too many names to keep track of. I know I am a little fastidious but ehh.

    Overall the story was a good one but I'm not really interested in reading the sequel.
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