The Serpent's Secret

By Sayantani DasGupta

Book #1 in the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series

A young girl must navigate a magical world to rescue her parents from an evil demoness and a serpent king.

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368 pages· 63,082 words· Est. 9 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

On her 12th birthday, Kiranmala's life flips when her parents vanish and a demon crashes into her kitchen. Discovering she's an Indian princess from another dimension, Kiranmala must navigate a magical realm filled with winged horses and talking birds. With two princes by her side, she faces the Serpent King and Rakkhoshi Queen to rescue her parents and save New Jersey. Can she embrace her destiny as an interdimensional demon slayer?

From the publisher

From New York Times bestselling author comes a world packed with action and adventure, perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Soman Chainani.MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMON SLAYER(Only she doesn’t know it yet.)On the morning of her 12th birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey…until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Turns out there might be some truth to her parents’ fantastical stories – like how Kiranmala is a real Indian princess and how she comes from a secret place not of this world.To complicate matters, two crush-worthy princes ring her doorbell, insisting they’ve come to rescue her. Suddenly, Kiran is swept into another dimension full of magic, winged horses, moving maps, and annoying, talking birds. There she must solve riddles and battle demons all while avoiding the Serpent King of the underworld and the Rakkhoshi Queen in order to find her parents and basically save New Jersey, her entire world, and everything beyond it…

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