“The 86th Village” by Sena Desai Gopal is an environmental thriller about how the presence of one little girl changes one village in Southern India forever. Across the region, 86 villages will be completely submerged thanks to a government-sanctioned dam across the Krishna River. However, the people of Nilgi are determined to save their home, no matter the cost. Raj Nayak, the most influential man in the village, is leading the charge to save Nilgi when a little orphan girl is brought to his home. As the mystery of the little girl’s origins unravel, so does Nayak’s family and his quest to save the village.

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