Pradeep Abburi
THE ROAD NOBODY LOOKS AT The Marripalem Chronicles — Book One
In the quiet village of Marripalem, there is a road nobody takes after sunset.
At the edge of that road stands an abandoned hut, swallowed by trees and silence. Beside it is an ancient well that no one remembers digging. Every night, an oil lamp burns inside the hut—though no one ever goes there to light it.
Twelve-year-old Anvi has always wondered why.
When she finally asks her grandmother about the hut, she discovers that the village has been hiding a story for generations: a vanished kingdom, a beautiful princess who was never what she seemed, a prince who returned from the forest changed, and villagers who disappeared without leaving a trace.
But the truth buried beneath Marripalem is far older.…