"A novel that will get to your heart."
HELLO MAGAZINE
Three women, a mystery and a power they could never have imagined.
Synopsis.
She came to India to find the man she loved. She found a crime centuries old, and not yet over.
Delhi, 2004. The nation is on the eve of a historic election, and a foreign-born woman may soon lead it.
Assia, a European journalist who writes about luxury hotels, lands in Delhi for one reason only: Mukesh, the man she loves, has vanished without a trace.
His trail leads her into a story she has never had to cover: a string of deaths the police have stopped investigating. The victims are newborn girls.
Her life becomes entangled with two women. Amrita, a servant pregnant with a daughter her family does not want, is running out of time. Devyani, a celebrated designer hiding an old wound, has her own reasons for wanting someone to pay.
Three women from different worlds, bound by a question every woman has asked herself: Am I worth it?
Before another girl dies, they will have to find the answer in the force every Indian grandmother knows by name: Shakti.
"#Shakti is very cinemotographic... It´s a beautiful novel."
MARA MALIBRÁN,
Ex-chief editor of VOGUE and ELLE MAGAZINE
"In its pages glamour, exoticism, mythology and the great characters of India’s present-day history form a perfect conjunction"
COOL LIFE STYLE MAGAZINE
Carla de la Vega
Writer, journalist and inveterate traveler, who lived in New Delhi for over two years and has travelled to India on numerous occasions. Her first book, En el Harén de Estambul, the true stories of four women in Turkey, was an Amazon Travel bestseller in 2015.
Carla has been a CNN reporter and regular contributor to other respected print and broadcasting media including El Mundo, Mujer Hoy and Vision Magazine from Turkey, India, Singapore, Dubai and Italy, countries where she has lived during the past seventeen years. She is passionate about ensuring through her books, articles, and many appearances on television (including Televisión Española, Antena 3, Telecinco and La Sexta) that women’s voices reach as far as possible.
«This is a warning: you’ll form part of the conclusion of this novel. In fact you too will be the protagonist. So get ready and smile. Because this story will only end when you have a photo taken.».
"Carla de la Vega displays here all her knowledge of the Eastern World."
VOGUE MAGAZINE
@helen_cazadora_de_libros
It’s a beautiful read, which breathes a great deal of positive energy and an urge to fight like tigresses for what we feel to be just and necessary.
@LabibliotecadeJoanna
The two books by Carla I have read have touched my soul deeply, and this one in particular has made me open my eyes and value myself as a woman in my dealings with family, friends, boss, partner. We have to value ourselves, to ensure that our happiness and success depend on nobody but ourselves.
@booksmara
I highly recommend this book for making us think about realities beyond our own, making us consider how we can contribute to changing realities we often turn our backs on.
@rinconlibrero
A fantastic novel, very well researched, very well written, very well described. Her characters come to life and make you feel part of them, her words leave their mark on the reader.
What book influencers say about #Shakti:
Join the #IKEEPHER movement.
#Shakti is a highly entertaining novel with a noble purpose: to create awareness of the 45 million girls missing in India, according to the United Nations data. Post the hashtag #IKEEPHER to raise awareness around this sad reality and start changing it. Do you want to join?
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10% of this book’s profits go to projects which help girls in India. #Shakti wants to support the NGO Childrights in its project Casa para los Bebés.