Ashes of the Brahmaputra

A novel by Ayan Kumar Nath

In the borderlands where the Brahmaputra bleeds into the soil between Assam and Bengal, a boy once flew kites under mango trees, stole guavas, and dreamed in the warmth of his village. Then the fire came.

When British boots trample through the bamboo groves, and famine becomes a weapon, the boy's world is burned to ash. Orphaned and broken, he's taken in by a brutal gang of dacoits and forged into a ghost—a sniper, a contract killer, feared across frontlines. He kills for coin. For rage. For silence.

But redemption doesn't come in grand gestures. It comes in dust, in the hands of a nomadic family who choose mercy over fear. As Partition carves the land in blood, and Bangladesh rises in screams, the killer is pulled back into the chaos—this time, not for gold, but for something far more dangerous: a sliver of hope.

Ashes of the Brahmaputra is a searing tale of survival, vengeance, and the long, violent road to redemption. In a land where gods are silent and monsters wear uniforms, one man walks the line between memory and myth, trying to bury his rifle and grow something that doesn't bleed.