Author Description

Kshatriya is the story of three friends who went East in search of something miraculous and found murder and mayhem in the shadows of their quest. On the road to India, circa 1969, we meet Max Rild, Diane Appel, and Shunya, all fearing for their lives. Through their perilous experience, we witness the dawn of the New Age: the emergence of many great teachings that have long since migrated to the West, and the loss of myriad souls on the harrowing path to enlightenment. In the end, past and present merge when these dear old friends are finally reunited in New York. Looking back at their lives, they measure the ideals of their youth against the practical reality of middle age. Going forward, they are confronted with the life experience of their children, finding their own way through an increasingly harsh world. After all, it is the burden of life to bind the inequites and heal the heart in the relentless effort to know itself. Kshatriya pays homage to that noble quest.