In the Moonlit Kingdom by Aishwarya Jha follows Meher Chandra Singh’s return to Munala’s ancestral manor, where family myths, bankruptcy and betrayal force her to confront the past.
In the Moonlit Kingdom by Aishwarya Jha unfolds in Munala, a mountain town riddled with myths and legends that hero-worships its first family, the Chandra Singhs, residents of an ancient manor house. In a world where appearances are everything, the spectre of deceit is never fully exorcised.
The death of the patriarch brings his estranged, unstable daughter Meher back after eleven years and skewers the lives of his beloved wife Devyani—a former Bollywood star—and successor son Raghu. Against a backdrop of bankruptcy and betrayal, Meher must contend with the ghosts of the manor’s past, as well as her own, and discover the secret behind the miniature Swiss house left to her by her father.
About In the Moonlit Kingdom
Aishwarya Jha’s novel blends family saga, legend and psychological tension in a landscape where beauty and ruin share the same walls. India Penguin paperback: ISBN 9789377300791, 376 pages, September 2026. Official listing at Penguin Random House India.
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About the Author
Aishwarya Jha is co-founder of Indophile, an initiative promoting Indian culture and heritage. She lives in New Delhi with her family and an army of dogs.
