Victory City: The new novel from the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight's Children

Book overview She will whisper an empire into existence - but all stories have a way of getting away from their creators .

'A total pleasure' SUNDAY TIMES 'Shows once again why his work will always matter' NEW YORK TIMES 'Rushdie still has the gift of alchemy' FINANCIAL TIMES In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history.

After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-knit Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for a goddess, who tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' - the wonder of the world.