The Secret of the Sacred Stone
Hardcover
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: Sep 3 2026
Pages: 276
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Ayushi Dhakaita's novel, The Secret of the Sacred Stone, centers on a mysterious village called Devgarh and a dark legacy involving a buried ritual object. The story reveals that centuries ago, a man named Somnath used a black stone and a human sacrifice to trap a chaotic entity known as the Shunya beneath a Peepal tree. This ancient covenant was designed to siphon the town's collective faith and fear to keep the malevolent force contained. In the present day, the stone has suddenly disappeared, threatening to expose the community to the horrors they have long suppressed. As the boundaries between superstition and reality dissolve, the protagonist Anya must confront the terrifying truth that their object of worship was actually a prison. The narrative explores the weight of ancestral secrets and the thin line separating religious devotion from primal terror.
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