About the book

Across the kingdoms of ancient Anuradhapura, Princess Damayanti walks a path that will alter the fate of empires. A wilful human intervention in the veiled wild of Dandakaranya sets in motion a chain of events that history will bury but never erase.

In the twenty-sixth century, celebrated geneticist Dr Raya Ananthan stands at the forefront of modern medical science. But when a global hazard threatens the future of humanity, every answer she uncovers leads towards something modern science cannot explain. To Damayanti. To a forgotten kingdom. To the venom of serpents believed to have vanished from the earth.

As dreams become memories, and memories become evidence, Raya discovers that the line between history and destiny is far thinner than anyone imagined. Separated by more than a thousand years, lives bound to the same fate converge, while a conspiracy spanning generations closes in on the very secret they are destined to uncover.

A secret that was never lost, just hidden in another age, waiting for one woman to discover what time refused to forget.

About the Author

Sandhya Nalawade is a Mumbai-based civil engineer and a graduate of Mumbai University. Drawn to the intersection of ancient medicine and modern challenges, she remains fascinated by forgotten healing systems, historical texts, and knowledge buried by time.

Her passion for history compels her to weave these ideas into real events of the past, exploring how forgotten wisdom may hold answers to today's complexities. Guided by her belief in parallel lives and reincarnation, she writes stories where time folds and souls meet again.

The Venom of Time is her debut novel, where history, medicine, and fiction converge.