The Jewel of Vishnu is set 6000 years ago on the fabled continent of Kumari Kandam, rumoured to have existed south of India. Arul is a teen with a mysterious past. His mother vanished soon after he was born, and his father refuses to speak of her. Arul dreams that his mother is still alive somewhere out there. She left him but a single artefact. A golden pendant holding a divine gem of enigmatic power. A protector. Arul, his pet wolf Jaya and his childhood friends, Kee...

‘I must have the last gem of the Navigators, Vazhuthi said. ‘It alone will control the Oru Arrakan. The rulers of Kumari Kandam will fall at our feet.’ ‘Our scouts have found it, Holiness,’ said the assistant, his pocked face breaking into a smile. ‘A peasant-boy who dwells in the mountains to the north.’ ‘How came such a gem to this child?’ Vazhuthi said. Who are his parents? ‘We only know that his father is a Royal Forester.’ ‘It matters not. Order our assassins ...