Aru Shah and the City of Gold
core novel 2021 The Pandava Quintet
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.44 (6,459 ratings, collected 2026-09-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781368013864 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Aru Shah and the City of Gold, the fourth Pandava Quintet novel, opens with Aru Shah encountering Kara, who claims to be her biological half-sister and a sixth Pandava; the two escape together and reunite with Aru's friends, who reveal that Aru has been missing for two months. With war between the devas and the asuras looming, Aru and her sisters, Mini, Brynne, Aiden, Nikita, and Sheela, must reach their mentors in Lanka, the city of gold, before the conflict breaks out fully. Along the way, they are set a series of trials by Lord Kubera meant to secure access to elite warriors and a powerful weapon the Pandavas need for the fight ahead, all while Aru wrestles with uncertainty over whether Kara, who may have ties to the Sleeper, can truly be trusted.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Pandava Quintet
- Series: The Pandava Quintet core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Roshani Chokshi
Notes
- From the series record (The Pandava Quintet): Completed 5-book series, Rick Riordan Presents / Disney-Hyperion.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Pandava Quintet: position 4 of 5: previous Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (2020) · next Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality (2022)
Sources
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