When 23-year-old Ayanna boards a train to Ella for her best friend's funeral, she expects grief. What she doesn't expect is to return with questions that claw at her soul.
Shahid's death was ruled a suicide. But a cryptic message sent to Ayanna moments before he died-and the disturbing behavior he showed in the weeks leading up to it-pulls her into a darkness deeper than grief. As she searches for answers, buried secrets begin to surface. Secrets that tie Shahid to a cursed tale born in 1869...
She discovers a tale of vengeance that twists desire into madness, and madness into death. A curse that doesn't break the body, but corrodes the soul-slowly, silently, and without mercy.
What began as a search for truth becomes a desperate fight to protect those she loves. And as time runs out, Ayanna must face a horrifying question: can she stop this century old curse before its too late?
Set in the island nation of Sri Lanka, Kandy to Ella is a story of trauma, toxic love, darkness, evil, and a young woman's desperate race against a curse that doesn't just kill-but destroys everything in the life once lived by its unfortunate victims.
A fate more cruel than death itself!