Every story has two layers — the one told on the surface, and the one whispered underneath. Destiny's Ledger was born out of both. On the surface, it is a tale of two lives — Manisha and Mark Kumar Roy — carried through different continents, different trials, different silences, until they found themselves face to face with a love neither had expected.
But underneath, it is a story about reckonings — not of numbers, though both ledgers and audits play their part, but of the human heart. How do we account for loss? How do we measure endurance? How do we balance the grief of the past with the hope of the future?
Love, I believe, is never random. It is written long before we meet it, waiting for us like an entry in an invisible book. We may suffer, stumble, resist, or even run from it, but in the end, what is meant for us arrives at the appointed hour. This novel is a reflection of that truth — that love is not an interruption of life, but the very reckoning of it.
The characters in this book are drawn with care, from the resilient child who guards his mother fiercely, to the daughter who becomes the quiet bridge between two souls, to the friends whose voices — practical, spiritual, and wise — remind us that no great journey is walked alone. Each carries a thread of reality and reflection, woven into a tapestry that I hope feels both intimate and universal.
As you read, I invite you to set aside the arithmetic of daily living and open your heart to the ledger of destiny. May you find in these pages not only a love story, but also a reminder: every loss is recorded, every trial is noted, but so too is every blessing. And when the time is right, the balances are struck, and love writes the final entry.
With warmth,
Timsy