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Roshani Chokshi

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the breathtaking conclusion to Roshani Chokshi's New York Times best-selling Pandava quintet. Will the Sleeper gain immortality or be stopped once and for all? *"Chokshi spins a fantastical narrative that seamlessly intertwines Hindu cosmology and folklore, feminism, and witty dialogue for an uproarious novel."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review of Aru Shah and the End of Time) The Pandavas only have until the next full moon to stop the Sleeper from gaining access to the nectar of immortality, which will grant him infinite power. But how can Aru, Mini, and Brynne hope to defeat him without their celestial weapons? The Sleeper and his army are already plundering the labyrinth, and the sisters can't even enter. Their quest to get in will have them calling on old friends, meeting new allies, and facing fearsome trials, like...performing in a rock concert? When the moment of confrontation finally arrives, it's up to Aru to decide who deserves immortality, the devas or the asuras. The most unexpected answer will come from a most unexpected place. More surprises and delights, gods and demons, and laughs and tears await in this immensely satisfying conclusion to the wild ride that began with the lighting of a lamp. Collect the whole series: Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the End of Time (Book 1) Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Book 2) Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Book 3) Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the City of Gold (Book 4)

A Pandava Novel Book 5

Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (a Pandava Novel Book 5)

Anna Stewart

“All right, I’ll start,” she said, in her most dramatic voice. “It was a dark and 

Mini frowned. “Wasn’t it four p.m. on a Monday?” 

“And you were still in your Spider-Man pajamas?” added Brynne, laughing. 

“I hope you don’t have those anymore,” said Nikita. “That’s horrific.” 

 want Spider-Man pajamas,” said Sheela, pouting. 

,” said Aru, fighting back a laugh. “It’s my story. I’ll tell it however I want.”

Her mom had laughed her head off at the notion of Aru and Aiden “going out.” 

?” Krithika asked with a cackle. “With whose money? You’re too young to have a boyfriend.” 

Aru had glared and crossed her arms. “But not too young to be reincarnated? Or to fight a battle? Or literally 

“There’s no way I’m coming out there to watch you guys make 

 at each other for five minutes straight!” shouted Brynne from the kitchen. 

“Where’ve you been, Wifey?” Aru asked. 

He rolled his eyes at the nickname before plopping into the seat beside her. Her chair was a little farther away than Aiden seemed to like, because he reached out and dragged it closer to his, which made Aru’s face burn.

Aru didn’t know what to do next, but she didn’t feel panicked anymore. She felt anchored. The past held pain and the present bore a raw and tender peace, which left only one thing for the future…. 

For the rest of her life, Aru would never be sure if it was her lightning bolt or Kara’s trident that had shattered the last bit of the pot holding the nectar of immortality. But in a way, it didn’t matter. 

The world they’d lived in was an eternal winter, a place frozen over by the bitterness of others. But winter disappears in the presence of two things: sunshine and rain. Together, Aru and Kara summoned spring…. 

They didn’t say a word to each other, but in those moments before the world changed, Aru considered how they were like two sides of a coin. A really, 

 magical coin, obviously. Maybe they’d both always known it, but at the wrong time. Maybe that’s why the Sleeper had wanted to keep them apart. Kara had always been the warmth and sunshine to Aru’s thunder and lightning.

Maybe what most people wanted wasn’t immortality and fame, but the reassurance that their existence had meant something. No matter how long…or how brief. Maybe being eternal meant becoming a story worth telling.

SCREAMING, CRYING...of happiness of course 💕

Aru lurched back to see a scimitar barely a foot above her head…held by a hand she knew too well. 

“Don’t worry,” said Aiden, beaming down at her. “I’ve got you, Shah.”

There was a screeching roar, like metal against metal. Around them, the jagged battle terrain was briefly illuminated and then swathed in the darkness that follows when a light flares in front of your eyes. But this was better than light. This was 

, and Aru Shah had just pulled it out of the sky.

I guess sometimes it takes being powerless to understand what it means to be powerful

“Anyway, you’ll learn this on your own, but it’s worth telling you. Life is a heck of a battlefield, but I gotta say, the scenery is totally worth it.”

“What are you going to end up doing, then?” 

This was the question that had haunted her for days. Maybe the zigzagging car was making all her thoughts collide properly. Or maybe it was that, in the moment where the worst had happened, she’d realized there was still a choice. A choice that was all her own.

All this time, she’d been worried about what people expected from her, what they would think of the things she did or didn’t do. But what about 

“Just think about it. We all have a role in life. Maybe we’re someone’s sibling or spouse, a teacher or a parent, a ruler or a warrior. And with that comes a duty to show up for the situations life throws at you! After that, you do your best and let everything else go. The outcome? 

. Not your problem. People’s opinions? Not the point! When you go home and look in the mirror, it’s 

 face you’ve got to look at. No one else’s.”

Mini saw death everywhere she went, felt its presence in everything from a fight against a demon to a moldy candy bar. Death was a subtle shade over her life. Because of death, Mini savored each breath she took, knowing there were only so many she’d be given for one life. Because of death, Mini felt things more deeply, knowing that at any moment, all feeling could end. 

All this time she had thought that Dee Dee had cured her of fear…that her celestial weapon had somehow overcome all her panic and made her powerful. But Mini wasn’t powerful 

She kept thinking about Aru’s words from earlier. 

“I am the Dharma Raja’s daughter,” she said to herself. “Even without Dee Dee.” 

It was such a quiet shift in her mind, but it was as if a secret part of her were blinking open and adjusting to new light.

 Yamini Kapoor-Mercado-Lopez was the Daughter of Death.

In the past, Mini had always looked away from her reflection, uncomfortable with the sight of herself, as if more was supposed to meet her eye and just hadn’t. 

 at herself. She was sitting astride Loose Teeth. The glow of the portal picked out the glossy shine of her chin-length hair. It bounced off her glasses, and when Mini tilted her head to the side, she saw her wide brown eyes staring back at her. She thought she would look owlish and scared, but she didn’t. 

For some reason, she wasn’t scared. Mini flinched, remembering Urmila’s indifference when Aru had said that Mini was brave. 

Either that or she’s all too familiar with fear

Urmila had said it like it was a bad thing, but Mini’s fear had alchemized into something precious—something that, apparently, was letting her see what no one else could. 

“Yes,” said Mini softly. “But that’s not going to stop me.”

Mini was always braced for the worst. Thus, when the worst happened, time didn’t speed up for her…it slowed down.

Without her weapon, her fear had returned with a vengeance. Maybe that was why it couldn’t take her by surprise anymore. After all, it was the condition in which she always existed.

They should have been staring at Aru and Aiden in the aftermath of a kiss. They should have been breaking into awkward laughter. Brynne should have been rolling her eyes and saying something about how it was 

 and how any more pining would’ve ruined her appetite for good. Mini should have been trying not to tell them about the number of bacteria that lived in the human mouth. 

A first kiss…and now a last kiss? In some secret part of her heart, Aru held the hope that they would have a thousand more.

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