Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi

All travel from the Otherworld has been stopped, due to the Sleeper. They manage to make it back to Earth and reach Brynne, Mini, and Aiden, who reveal that she has been missing for two months. A rakshasa tries to stop them from leaving, but they manage to evade it. While making their escape, Aru notes Kara's desperation for approval, proudness, and intense knowledge of cultures, especially Hindu mythology. Aru is extremely disoriented but agrees to let Kara come along. Kara also says that she wants to help Aru escape, although with the condition that she take her with Aru. Kara claims that she was starting to become uncomfortable, as the Sleeper sometimes called her his 'secret weapon'. Kara is dubious as well, as the Sleeper wiped the memory of her past from her mind, so she does not know who her parents are, but claims that the Sleeper is not a bad person. Kara also claims she is a Pandava, but Aru is skeptical, as there are only five known Pandavas.

Aru is shocked by the revelation, as it implies her father, the Sleeper, cheated on her mother, or that her mother kept Kara a secret from her, but both do no appear to be the case. The book begins where the last book ended with Aru meeting her supposed biological sister Kara. It received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the complexity of the characters, and story's scope.Ī fifth and final book, titled Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality, was announced in April 2021.

The book follows fourteen-year-old Aru Shah as she struggles to find her place, and win the war against an ancient entity called the Sleeper. It was published under the ' Rick Riordan Presents' imprint on April 6, 2021. Aru Shah and the City of Gold is the fourth and penultimate book in the Pandava Quintet, written by author Roshani Chokshi.

Aru Shah and the City of Gold by Roshani Chokshi