Karuthamma, born to a Yamadoot, turns fourteen on Earth while Sigappan, an intersex child taken to the underworld in exchange, grows up with the Yamadoots. When their paths cross, the world is at the brink of destruction.
Yama has disappeared. His twin Yami, an immortal on Earth, is trying to hold the fort. At the centre of the chaos is one person: Yami’s daughter. Karuthamma’s birth mother. Sigappan’s adopted mother. Yama’s only female Yamadoot: Karuppu.
In the underworld death, dreams, and memories are living, breathing entities, and carry with them seeds of quiet hope. This is not a retelling or reimagining of myth-but a re-building of a world facing the terrifying consequences of single-minded devotion.