Length8h 21m
About this audiobook
Some treasures are meant to stay buried. Some secrets are already for sale.
When twelve-year-old Anika discovers a shard of ancient pottery on Marina Beach after a devastating cyclone, she thinks she’s found a piece of forgotten history. Her grandmother, a retired epigraphist, confirms the impossible: the inscription is from Puhar, the legendary Chola port city swallowed by the sea two thousand years ago.
But Anika’s discovery isn’t the beginning of a rescue—it’s the leak that exposes an ongoing theft.
As Chennai’s Metro extension cuts through buried Chola ruins and a shadowy heritage recovery company moves faster than any archaeologist, Anika and three other children are drawn into a race spanning sixteen months. Underwater, they map a drowned city. Underground, they witness history being erased to keep trains on schedule. And in the spaces between, they learn that the adults who claim to protect the past may be the ones selling it.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 12, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
19Chapter 17: The Bribe
2Acknowledgments
20Chapter 18: The Endgame Starts Without Them
3Chapter 1: Storm’s Gift
21Chapter 19: Marina Beach
4Chapter 2: Tamil-Brahmi
22Chapter 20: The Geneva List
5Chapter 3: Off The Books
23Chapter 21: Patterson’s Last Move
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6Chapter 4: The Survey
24Chapter 22: The Whistleblower
7Chapter 5: Three Permits
25Chapter 23: Underground
8Chapter 6: The Dancer
26Chapter 24: Six Months
9Chapter 7: The Fisher Boy
27Chapter 25: Nagapattinam
10Chapter 8: The Tunnel
28Chapter 26: The Dive
11Chapter 9: Patterson
29Chapter 27: Patterson Falls
12Chapter 10: Friction
30Chapter 28: What The Whistleblower Did
13Chapter 11: Confirmation
31Chapter 29: Meera Visits
14Chapter 12: The Manuscript
32Chapter 30: The Article
15Chapter 13: The University
33Chapter 31: Paati
16Chapter 14: Charges
34Chapter 32: Marina Beach, One Year
17Chapter 15: The Chase
35Character Guide
18Chapter 16: Sixty Percent
36References & Bibliography
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