Stories of shadows, power, and the cost of silence.
2 novels published · Kindle Unlimited · Ahmedabad, India
The Shadow of Zarakh Bay
"In Noorvaan, power isn't taken. It's controlled."
They call him Sultan — the name whispered in back rooms and dark alleys when deals are made and futures are decided. He didn't inherit an empire. He built it from nothing, with loyalty, fear, and ruthless precision.
But the city is shifting. Alliances are breaking overnight. Crime networks are collapsing without gunfire. Enemies are disappearing without a trace. Someone is playing a deeper game, and Noorvaan is the board.
In this underworld, trust is weakness. Mercy is currency. And survival belongs to the one who controls the shadows.
The throne may be visible. The real power never is.
A Dark Fantasy Novel About Memory, Control, and the Cost of Wholeness
"In a city where sunlight barely touches the ground, something is disappearing."
At first, it's subtle — a thinning at the edge of a silhouette, a flicker beneath streetlamps. Then people begin waking up without shadows. Those who lose them don't die. They become calm. Obedient. Empty.
As the city grows quieter, one resident notices their own shadow moving differently — lingering too long, stretching toward places it shouldn't. When rumours surface of tunnels beneath the city where shadows gather like living ink, the truth becomes impossible to ignore.
The city is feeding.
Shadows are not just darkness. They are fear, guilt, grief, rage — everything people try to bury. And when those parts are consumed, something human is lost. To reclaim their shadow, the protagonist must descend into the foundations of the city and confront the system that thrives on repression.
But restoring what was taken may destroy the city itself.
Harshvardhan Gadhvi is an author and musician based in Bhuj, Gujarat, India. He has published two novels on Kindle in 2026 — SULTAN: The Shadow of Zarakh Bay, a 620-page crime thriller, and The City That Eats Shadows, a dark fantasy exploring memory, control, and emotional repression.
As a musician, Harshvardhan Gadhvi performs under the alter ego Brahmasmi — singer, guitarist, music producer, and lyricist. He has been featured in Rolling Stone India and is the founder of Swar Sadhna School of Music in Morbi, Gujarat.
He is also working on a third work — a literary romance-mystery centered on identity, self-suppression, and the quiet wars people wage with themselves.
Before the words, there was music. Harshvardhan Gadhvi performs under his musical alter ego Brahmasmi — singer, guitarist, music producer, and lyricist. Featured on Rolling Stone India.
For literary inquiries, collaborations, music projects, or just to say hello — reach out directly.
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