{"product_id":"the-ashoka-paradox-shakti-prasad-pallai-9798244500653","title":"The Ashoka Paradox","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most dangerous weapon is not nuclear power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is the belief that it can be controlled.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, as India prepares for its first nuclear test, a classified intelligence unit discovers something unsettling: every simulation predicting stability collapses beyond a certain point in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anomaly leads to an unexpected source-ancient Ashokan edicts and Vedic metaphors that appear to describe catastrophic energy long before the nuclear age. What was once dismissed as philosophy begins to resemble a warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA RAW operative, a nuclear physicist, and a Sanskrit scholar are forced into a race against secrecy, politics, and foreign intelligence agencies-all while the countdown continues. The threat is not an explosion, but a chain of perfectly logical decisions that could destabilize the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo prevent disaster, they must do the unthinkable: delay progress, defy power, and reinterpret strength itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ashoka Paradox\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping Indian historical science-fiction thriller that blends real geopolitical events, grounded science, and ancient insight into a tense story about restraint, responsibility, and the true cost of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shakti Prasad Pallai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244500653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Shakti Prasad Pallai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171932315903,"sku":"9798244500653","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ashoka-paradox-shakti-prasad-pallai-9798244500653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}