Part 2 - Summary of The Mahabharata Series - Christopher Doyle

 

The only Summary that I've been able to find which is written by my bro - Dipen Vyas. 

Part 2- Summary of one of my favorites...

Vijay and Colin were in Jaungarh Fort with Dr. Shukla and his daughter and Maharaja Bheem Singh and Greg White had also joined them. Vijay narrated the whole incident to Bheem Singh and was shocked to learn from him about the attack on White in his hotel room. White introduced himself to Vijay adding that he and his uncle were good friends. Just at this moment the police arrived as Radha had lodged a Missing Complaint. When the police informed that the case belonged to Haryana Jurisdiction, Bheem Singh, who was a powerful person in the region and also a politician, ordered the police to file an FIR and then transfer the case. His orders were immediately followed.

There was something about White which Vijay was not able to understand, though, of course it was the same name that his uncle had mentioned in the email, but it was not that his face seemed familiar to Vijay. Suddenly Vijay remembered that he was the same person whom Vijay had met in the flight when he was heading back to Delhi. After Police left the fort, Vijay informed Bheem Singh and White that when he was kidnapped the leader of that group named Farooq was asking about some Key which his uncle possessed. On that White asked Vijay if he has heard of Asoka's Unknown Nine Men?

In Delhi Intelligence Bureau Office Imran Kidwai - Additional Director of Intelligence Bureau was urgently summoned by his boss Arjun Vaid - Director of Intelligence Bureau, where Michael Blake of CIA was also present. On Imran's arrival Blake informed them that they are on a trail for a man called Terrence Murphy who is an international assassin and as per their information he is in Delhi and is up to something big. Blake also showed them a video clip in which Al-Zawahiri he new leader of Al-Qaeda was addressing people - he said that "they will teach world a lesson as they are having the most powerful weapon of mankind and then he introduced Farooq Siddiqui - Pakistan's Nuclear Scientist who had helped Pakistan to have their nuclear bomb. Farooq told that they have designs of the most powerful weapons and they also have funding from powerful sources. Factories are being built to manufacture those weapons and their prototypes are ready." Imran thought for sometime and then he remembered that Farooq was the same scientist of Pakistan who went missing in 2003 and later it was found that he had joined the LeT.

In Jaungarh Fort Bheem Singh and White narrated the story of the Unknown Nine Men - the ancient Secret Society which was formed 2300 years ago by the Great Emperor Asoka and it is also the oldest secret society in the world. Then Bheem Singh asked about Asoka on which Radha told that Asoka was a great Indian King who was a fierce warrior. He fought many battles and his Kalinga conquest was the turning point in his life, as after this battle Asoka gave up weapons and followed the path of non-violence. Bheem Singh was quite impressed by her knowledge, but he wanted to know more about his Secret Society. Thus, White informed that this Society of the Unknown Nine Men or Brotherhood Nine was formed to guard the ancient secret. Many stories were formed about the Unknown Nine - that each member carried a book, but it was just made to hide the real story. Askoka's Unknown Nine was such a secret that no member knew the identity of the other members. It was based on a puzzle which was passed on. Then Bheem Singh showed them Bruno Berger's diary. Berger who was an anthropologist and was assigned by Hitler to find out about the ancient secrets of the Aryan race. Dr. Shukla noticed a sanskrit verse in Berger's diary. Shukla being a linguist read out the verse which was a note by Surasen in which it described that his discovery was a part of the library of the Unknown Nine Men - the Brotherhood which was created by their Emperor to guard the secret. He didn't mention what the secret was as he was forbidden by his Emperor, but he did mention how he made his discovery in a cavern of the hillside. Shukla was now excited and so read further, he read that Asoka believed that the secret was so lethal that it could destroy the world and so the secret was concealed for so many years and the reason they were able to secure it was that the Brotherhood Nine had formed an elaborate system of riddles and puzzles and it can only be deciphered with the help of a metal disk, Key, a rick ball and puzzle. Vijay informed them about the mysterious emails of his uncle, but before he could proceed with details the Butler informed them about the arrival of their lawyer Homi Mehta. Homi told Vijay that all his uncle's assets and property belongs to him now and his uncle had hired a bank locker and gave him its key.

Vijay and Colin were in the bank locker room where they had just opened it and found a metal disk. At that very moment Vijay's phone rang and it was the lawyer Homi Mehta who was breathing heavily. He informed Vijay that some unknown group had attacked him in his office and were now after Vijay and hence, his life was in danger and so he must immediately leave from the bank. Before they could leave there was an attack on the bank, but somehow Vijay and Colin succeed in escaping; but noticed the attackers being no other than Farooq and Maroosh. They quickly swept in the car where Radha was waiting for them. Once again, Vijay and Colin escaped from Farooq, but not before Vijay noticing a strangely unusual weapon with them which seemed like a bow and an arrow.

Vijay, Radha, Colin, Shukla and White were in the study room of Jaungarh Fort. Vijay had also called Bheem Singh, but he was busy and so hadn't come. Vijay showed them what he got from the bank locker. Immediately White inquired asking "Is it the Key?" But it was the metal disk - one part of the puzzle. It was a dark metal and there was no rust on it. There was an inscription engraved on it which attracted Shukla; it was Magadhi script saying,

• The Nine have gone forth to the edges of the empire.
• The first speaks in two languages.
• The second in appearance is different from the rest.
• The third gazes over the sea, waiting for the ships to come in.
• The fourth speaks the name of Emperor.
• The fifth is Seventeen.
• The sixth doesn't have all that the others do, but is special for he also has that which the others do not.
• The seventh pays homage to the wheel of truth.
• The eight is greater by one than other upright ones.
• The ninth writes with a hand that is different from the rest.
• Together they guard the way to the truth that is protected by the Nine."