They Were Always There (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798233879180)

Deep in the Sahyadris lies Katalgaon-

a quiet village where silence runs deeper than the river, and

stories are passed down like warnings. Fourteen-year-old

Manas is sent up the mountain one morning with nothing but

his cattle and his fear.

He returns trembling.

The next day, the cattle begin to die.

The village begins to talk.

And soon, whispers become rituals.

As suspicion thickens and old fears are stirred awake, Manas

becomes the center of something far more terrifying than any

ghost story.

Because in Katalgaon, it's not the forest that's dangerous-

It's what people choose to believe about it.

A haunting tale of fear, guilt, and how far a community will go

to protect what it doesn't understand, Katalgaon is a slow

burn horror that buries itself deep under your skin-and stays

there .