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Kalki Evian: The Ring of Khaoriphea Kindle Edition

by Malay A. Upadhyay (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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May 25th, 2015
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Every choice we make leads to its own unique consequence. To change the consequence, therefore, one must travel back in time to change the choice. But what if such change, instead of altering our future, simply created another - one that came to exist simultaneously with our world?

This is a story of how one such moment of love led to two parallel futures; a story of how your choices have an impact far beyond the world you know; a phenomenon that we had sensed, and wished for, all along.
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Malay A. Upadhyay grew up in the Eastern provinces of paradoxical India. It was a childhood of anomalies - a different spacetime, where he could not understand a friend's passion for books on one hand even as he wrote for school elocution on the other. Recently back to contemporary Earth, he conceived many of the techno-economic ideas described in his book - Kalki Evian: The Ring of Khaoriphea - at Bocconi University in Milano. His Blog of a Fly subscribes to the elusively effervescent, ephemeral connection among beings across space and time. That is after all, a belief that underlies every piece of literature ever written.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T8179FQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Solstice Shadows (February 12, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1514 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 317 pages
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Malay A. Upadhyay is the Chief Growth & Operations Officer at an AI SaaS & Consulting company in Toronto, and an advisor to ZSchool's Customer Experience certificate program at University of Richmond. He has also been recognized as one of the Most Influential Business Leader to Watch Out by CEOTime Magazine, and one of the Top 10 Pioneering Business Leaders by Mirror Review.

A top Marketing Operations voice on Linkedin, Malay also helped with the launch of the AI Directory and with the formulation of EU's AI policy as a member of the European AI Alliance. Having trained 300+ professionals on successful and responsible AI enablement, Malay has also automated customer acquisition one one hand, while creating an AI Job Calculator to help estimate the risk of such automations to one's job.

Before he wrote the AI Management series of books, Malay conceived many of the techno-economic ideas described in his first book - a fiction - at Bocconi University in Milano. His extended profile can be seen at his website, The Upadhyays.

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Young
4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Concept
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2015
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Imagine having the ability to time travel back to a specific moment in order to rearrange and or alter what might have been a disaster into a different and better future. But, beware the cost...the consequences. In his new book Malay Upadhyay takes his readers on a journey that is sometimes fragmented and super intense. Even confusing at times, but eventually I found myself relaxing into his storytelling technique and really found his book interesting and satisfying. Even plausible. I hope you will give this book the time it needs to seduce you into this young authors style, and you will find it was worth the time. This is a good read.
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Mark H. Newhouse
5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting Mystery of the Future
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2015
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A Haunting Mystery of the Future

I love mysteries that are challenging and thought provoking. They are increasingly rare in this age of gratuitous violence, graphic sex, and spoon-fed spectacular adventure with super-heroes. In Malay Upadhyay’s science fiction suspenseful mystery, Kalki Evian, The Ring of Khaoiphea, we have a constant sense of mystery that is demanding of total attention until the very end where all becomes clear…sort of. It is a tough and demanding odyssey that totally involves you in trying to advance to the next level, but well worth the effort. It constantly makes you think. If you blink your eyes, you will need to go back and search for the clue you missed in this tantalizingly complicated view of the future.
Even after returning to the first chapters after completing this challenging puzzler, necessary to fully comprehend the haunting and almost poetic narrative, the truth is that the subjects this book deals with can never become perfectly clear, and that is the essence of this wonderfully cryptic exploration of a future we all anticipate, but also fear. The real question is should we fear this future we are constantly in the process of creating, but that also may be shaping us? That is the mystery that underlies this fascinating view of intertwined lives, and death, in a world of unlimited possibilities, where one man, or woman, may be a benevolent genius, saving countless lives, providing hope, or a megalomaniac manipulator caring nothing for the consequences of his human experimentation, and totally unable to experience conscience, and of course, love.
Do you dare to venture into the future and see what the logical extension of our obsession with technology may evolve into? Malay takes us on that journey with the story of two people whose lives may never touch, but whose progression, and deaths, are essential elements in the evolution of the mysterious genius who shapes their development, but is also shaped by them. A paradox that is explained by the beginning hypotheses of the book: 1. That all choices have unique consequences and 2) that time travel could be possible in the future. Time travel has been touched upon before, but there is a uniqueness to the narrative style that haunts me even now. In exploring the consequences of saving a man who would have died in a train crash, and a woman whose husband inexplicably becomes an abuser, the author provides highly personal insights into every aspect of what he believes the future of the Earth will be. Nothing is untouched: communications, computers, politics, time travel, medicine, privacy, sports, war, and even love, are all examined within this puzzling unfolding of what may be, or may not be, a love story. It is all one big puzzle that is made more memorable by the powerful images and masterful descriptions the author provides. What will happen to love in the future as indicated by our current trends and activities? Is man the master of his fate or a pawn in some corporate or governmental scheme?
It is rare a book, that is essentially a science fiction mystery, touches me, and compels me to read it again, but I did read this book twice because it was so strangely powerful. If you are looking for simple pleasures, and glossy adventure, this book isn’t for you. It’s complexities, unanswered questions, imperfections, and idiosyncratic writing style—I would have welcomed tighter editing at times—seem to fit perfectly with the setting of a future that is ambivalent about personality, human warmth, and passion. It left me haunted by its very strange alternate universe the author sees as our future. Will there be bionic men and women, and to what lengths will the powerful conglomerates that develop these technologies go to advance their aggressive agendas, makes for conspiracy theorists the ‘bedtime story’ that underlies their nightmares. In the end, we are able to see the resolution of the ‘human’ mystery, but are left with the unanswered questions the future must by its essence always pose for us. What will humanity be like in the next years? After reading this provocative mystery, I think you too will be eager for the answers. Will you be afraid or hopeful? There is the true mystery of the future. Read the book and decide.
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Clare O'Beara
3.0 out of 5 stars Kalki Evian
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016
There are some great ideas in this book, which focuses on a future world. However I found difficulty in getting to know, like or live with anyone. To start with we see people but don't share their thoughts, and when we do follow a man who has been injured, saved and brought out of a coma twenty-three years later, the world is quite baffling to him. I got interested at the point where Quin looks round the city - oddly free of dirt, he thinks, as he wears a biocouture costume and sees electrical sparks between the floating cars and the roadway on which they hover. Even the people hover on Maglev, though how Quin knows that is the explanation isn't revealed. That the author is Indian is shown by occasional terms such as dacoits (bandits) which add a nice dimension. Otherwise this is any modern city way of life.

We also follow a woman named Fridgeon who is looking for her husband in Italy. He has been working in a factory which specialises in biomechanics. She doesn't seem to have any support as she walks through offices and asks questions. By the time she meets up with Quin the story has moved to searching electronic data.

While the vocabulary is wide and sentences sometimes sound literary, the English used doesn't come across as that of a native speaker. Also there are examples of what I would call poor English, though if I tried to write SF in French I would make a poor showing. 'He turned to glance at Friuli, the head still angled upwards and the mouth slightly open.' The head of what? In an SF book, it could be the head of the sentient vacuum cleaner or of the robot dog. Oh, the head of the person doing the glancing? That would be his head, his mouth. This kind of line jars on the reader and stops her from getting into the flow of the story. Which is a pity, because just across the street are projected images of sales people calling out the restaurant menus to passers-by. Not to mention there is a woman with 'a spring in her voice'. Would that make her an automaton? 'He turned away to spare a moment. Strangers rarely bore any logical incentive for him.' This is almost a paragraph that makes sense, but not really. 'He found himself care.' 'The dilapidation lay sustained and the structures restored to pleasing effect.' Same again. While we'd expect common chatter to change over a few decades, the language of the narration has to suit the intended reader.

The future's energy we are told is derived from renewables, which is a very positive note. I didn't see the point of the parable about how and why cash was invented. A society bright enough to be using small windmills and solar panels everywhere would encapsulate the reference in a sentence. I do like that banks are now energy storing banks, with accounts for a user's power credits instead of money, and we respect nature. There is a lot to like but I really do think it is too hard to find, and many people will not make the effort of wading though linguistic treacle. Ratings may vary widely and I can't do better than three and a half stars; I'd love someone to rework this book and edit it for normal English reading.

A copy was supplied to me for an unbiased review.
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Jennifer Fye
1.0 out of 5 stars Kali Evian:The Ring Of KHAORIPHEA
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2016
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Very confusing plot line. Difficult to follow. I do not recommend this book. The two stories didn't mesh together well.
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KCR
4.0 out of 5 stars Not your ordinary plot or storyline
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2015
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I enjoyed this novel, especially the fact that it made me think. Malay has a rich vocabulary and a unique story in this novel. It was not one I could read in a day...but rather spend several days savoring the richness of descriptions, settings, and theories put forth in an interesting story. Thanks Malay, I needed a break from the fluff novels and this was it.
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Umesh Kumar Tiwari
5.0 out of 5 stars Appreciable work
Reviewed in India on February 28, 2017
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It's a really nice and interesting book. Excellent job and a good effort put by the author👌👌👍
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Rosey Bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars Different possibilities, different choices, different realities. What’s not to love?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2015
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Kalki Evian was recommended to me by a friend and at first I wasn’t sure what to expect. The cover image is intriguing but it’s difficult to see an image of a ring these days and not think of Tolkein. However, once I got a number of pages in I began to be pulled deeply into the story. At essence it’s kind of a butterfly effect idea but is very well written, the characters are well developed and before long you find yourself really rooting for them. Different possibilities, different choices, different realities. What’s not to love?
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Clare O'Beara
3.0 out of 5 stars Kalki Evian
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2016
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There are some great ideas in this book, which focuses on a future world. However I found difficulty in getting to know, like or live with anyone. To start with we see people but don't share their thoughts, and when we do follow a man who has been injured, saved and brought out of a coma twenty-three years later, the world is quite baffling to him. I got interested at the point where Quin looks round the city - oddly free of dirt, he thinks, as he wears a biocouture costume and sees electrical sparks between the floating cars and the roadway on which they hover. Even the people hover on Maglev, though how Quin knows that is the explanation isn't revealed. That the author is Indian is shown by occasional terms such as dacoits (bandits) which add a nice dimension. Otherwise this is any modern city way of life.

We also follow a woman named Fridgeon who is looking for her husband in Italy. He has been working in a factory which specialises in biomechanics. She doesn't seem to have any support as she walks through offices and asks questions. By the time she meets up with Quin the story has moved to searching electronic data.

While the vocabulary is wide and sentences sometimes sound literary, the English used doesn't come across as that of a native speaker. Also there are examples of what I would call poor English, though if I tried to write SF in French I would make a poor showing. 'He turned to glance at Friuli, the head still angled upwards and the mouth slightly open.' The head of what? In an SF book, it could be the head of the sentient vacuum cleaner or of the robot dog. Oh, the head of the person doing the glancing? That would be his head, his mouth. This kind of line jars on the reader and stops her from getting into the flow of the story. Which is a pity, because just across the street are projected images of sales people calling out the restaurant menus to passers-by. Not to mention there is a woman with 'a spring in her voice'. Would that make her an automaton? 'He turned away to spare a moment. Strangers rarely bore any logical incentive for him.' This is almost a paragraph that makes sense, but not really. 'He found himself care.' 'The dilapidation lay sustained and the structures restored to pleasing effect.' Same again. While we'd expect common chatter to change over a few decades, the language of the narration has to suit the intended reader.

The future's energy we are told is derived from renewables, which is a very positive note. I didn't see the point of the parable about how and why cash was invented. A society bright enough to be using small windmills and solar panels everywhere would encapsulate the reference in a sentence. I do like that banks are now energy storing banks, with accounts for a user's power credits instead of money, and we respect nature. There is a lot to like but I really do think it is too hard to find, and many people will not make the effort of wading though linguistic treacle. Ratings may vary widely and I can't do better than three and a half stars; I'd love someone to rework this book and edit it for normal English reading.

A copy was supplied to me for an unbiased review.
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kiran
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in India on April 27, 2015
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Very nice book. .......worth reading
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