Long Live the Sullied

{{Short description|Novel by Gaurav Sharma}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

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| name =Long Live the Sullied

| author = Gaurav Sharma

| country = India

| language =English

| subject = Novel

| genre = Fiction, Historical fiction

| pub_date = January 2020

|image = File:Long Live the Sullied.jpg

|caption = First edition

| published = Think Tank Books

| media_type = Book

| pages = 236 pages

| isbn = 978-81-9362-049-6

| oclc = 1156173166

}}

Long Live the Sullied is a historical (mythological) novel written by Gaurav Sharma.{{cite news|title=Earthly feelings collide with spiritual knowledge|url=http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=15538247|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042632/http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=15538247|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2021|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|date=18 April 2021}}{{cite news|title=Long Live the Sullied: A Tale of Kismet & Karma in Kaliyuga|url=http://www.uniindia.com/news/north/literature-sullied-warrior-review/1836814.html|newspaper=United News of India|date=29 December 2019}} It is the sequel to God of the Sullied and concludes The Sullied Warrior Duology.{{cite news|title=The Sullied Warrior Duology is all set to be concluded|url=http://www.uniindia.com/the-sullied-warrior-duology-is-all-set-to-be-concluded/north/news/1788333.html|newspaper=United News of India|date=13 November 2019}} The book is narrated in a point-of-view manner where central characters from God of the Sullied tell their story using back stories and sweeps. The novel focuses mostly on characters like Maha-Purohit, Pundir and Acharya Virbhadra.{{cite news|title=The Unlimited Series Of God Of The Sullied|url=https://www.hydnews.net/%E2%80%8Dthe-unlimited-series-of-%E2%80%8D%E2%80%8D%E2%80%8Dgod-of-the-sullied-the-sullied-warrior-duology|newspaper=Hyderabad News Khabar Live|date=3 February 2021}}

Publication

The first edition of Long Live the Sullied was published in January 2020 by Think Tank Books, a Delhi-based publishing house. Hindi translation of the book by the author came out in September 2020 as Mahanayak Eklavya.

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