Ten Incarnations of Rebellion

Praise

“Richly steeped in historical detail and brimming with complex questions of morality, justice, and power, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a tribute to the freedom fighters and a celebration of resistance. Vaishnavi Patel has written a devastating and unforgettable tour de force.”—Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

“A welcome and refreshing challenge to our preconceived notion of how rebellions are mounted—and won.”—Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist, The Perfumist of Paris, and Six Days in Bombay

“Patel gives readers a powerful, compelling alt history that not only explores Great Britain’s colonialist violence and draws on Indian myth and religious tales but also presents challenging questions about what sacrifices it takes to build a truly effective revolutionary movement . . . [The] novel is propelled by its characters, the female leaders of a rebellion that will take out an entire oppressive regime, and their debates, support for one another, and determination to see an independent India.”—Booklist

“A triumphant feat of imagination, this novel is both historical and eerily timely, urging us that now more than ever, seemingly small collections of mounting rebellion are what will see us—and by extension our power, our humanity, our voices—through.”—Parini Shroff, author of The Bandit Queens

“Expertly weaving what ifs into real history, Ten Incarnations of Rebellion is a testament to the quiet acts of defiance that build into a revolution.”—O.O. Sangoyomi, author of Masquerade

“An immaculate and heart-wrenching tale . . . Patel’s books are the kind I want to read for the rest of my life.”—Emily Varga, internationally bestselling author of For She Is Wrath

“A fascinating, innovative, and suspenseful alternate history of India’s freedom struggle . . . Readers will fall in love—as I did—with the heroine, Kalki, who is at once intelligent, courageous, and vulnerable.” —Chitra Banerjree Divakaruni, author of The Palace of Illusions and Independence

“A meticulous interrogation of the mythmaking, contradictions, and sacrifices of revolution . . . Patel never writes the easy story; she writes the infuriating, frustrating, necessary story.”—R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel