Chandrakanta Santati

Chandrakanta Santati is an epic fantasy adventure Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri.

Published in 6 Volumes, it serves as the sequel to Chandrakanta, the first modern Hindi novel which was released in 1888.

The novel primarily revolves around a mechanized labyrinth called "Tilism Of Jamania" prophesied to be broken by Chandrakanta's son Indrajeet Singh & Anand Singh with the help of a book called Rakt-Granth.

He had modelled it on Chandrakanta Santati but could finish only 6-parts before his untimely death on August 1, 1913.

His son Durga Prasad Khatri, who himself earned fame as a writer on account of his novels Raktamandir and Mrityukiran, finished the novel and wrote the next 15-parts.