Book Reviewed: Siege of Mithila by Ashok K. Banker

A fictional story about Ramayana This is not a retelling of Valmiki Ramayana. This is a modern epic fantasy, a fictional story in which the story centers on Sita’s early life and rise in Mithila. She is trained in mystical disciplines to be a political and spiritual leader. In a military siege of Mithila by demonic forces of Rāvaṇa. Rama and Lakshmana come to the rescue of Sita. The author treats this as a divine destiny. He invents a fictional conflict that depicts a cosmic struggle between the good (Sita and Rama) and bad (Rāvaṇa). This book is not a reference to any canonical event of Ramayana.