About the Book: The Magicians of Mazda
Yatha ahu vairyo atha ratush ashat chit hacha vangheush...
As the master, so is the judge to be chosen in accord with truth.
Several boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry
eighteen thousand frightened souls fleeing the cruelty of Irans Umayyad
Caliphate.
Chanting Sanskrit-like prayers, their high priest consecrates a sacred fire to
thank their god, Ahura Mazda, for providing them a new home and hope. He uses a
mysterious substance to spark the flame, but few know of its miraculous
properties or provenance.
Centuries later, Parsi scientist Jim Dastoor is abducted from his Seattle
laboratory