Fifteen-year-old Adi can ＂silhouette＂ into the shape of a twig snake. Believing his life is cursed, and angry with his grandmother for showering all her love on his younger brother, Adi hatches a plan to run away from home. The night before his planned escape, he strays into Wantra, an alternate world where Maruts lived eons ago. Immortal soldiers stationed on Earth by the celestials at the inception of the universe, Maruts are forgotten and powerless in the present-day world.

When Adi learns that a Naga Marut is destined to restore the ring of Kundalini and save the world from the dark deity Rahu, he feels torn between duty and desire. Leaving Wantra would also mean that he would never again meet Surp, the beautiful bird-silhouetted Marut. But a face-off with Rahu is fraught with danger and death, and Adi must first conquer his own misgivings. Can an odd and timid Adi prove his grandmother wrong? Can he be the hero everyone is waiting for?