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When Amara wakes in the ancient port city of Kataha, she finds herself untethered from time, a stranger in a world both wondrous and perilous. The city teeters between faiths, loyalties, and fading empires. Temples echo with forgotten rituals, markets hum with whispered prayers, and the courts of the Maharaja pulse with intrigue. Every corner, every shadow seems to hold a choice-and every choice carries the weight of history.
Guided by a mysterious keris with a ruby that pulses with its own life, Amara navigates a city on the edge: Brahmin priests debating ritual, Muslim traders preserving their faith in secret, noble families plotting rebellion, and a court that is fracturing from within. She discovers that truth is not a shield; coherence is. Survival demands improvisation, and lying becomes an act of necessity.
Among these fragile alliances, one figure stands apart: Raden Zafran, a commander and man of quiet faith and subtle perception. Together, they witness the slow unraveling of a city, the first sparks of violence, and the intimate weight of choices that shape the lives of thousands. As fire spreads and the past bleeds into the present, Amara faces a choice no one else can see: escape to her own time-or step into the heart of history itself.
Through whispered prayers, burning shrines, and the pulse of a ruby that bridges centuries, Amara learns that love is not possession, faith is not certainty, and the past is never truly gone-it waits to be remembered.
Kataha: A Heart Across Centuries is a luminous tale of love, grief, and the fragile endurance of memory, where history itself becomes a witness, and courage is measured not in victory, but in defiance.