Goddess of the River

 Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel, 496 pages.

The river Ganga is angry when she is pinned to Earth and forced to flow in a certain way. She is even angrier when she is cursed to live a mortal life and bear mortal children to save the immortal godlings she is so fond of. Human life changes her, and impacts the course of human history as her son Devavrata is left behind, a prince who swears not to take the throne. 

I'm afraid I didn't care much for this Orcs & Aliens selection (although plenty of other members did!). I did not feel that the two timelines served this book well, and mostly served to confuse what was already a somewhat confusing book. I'm also afraid I didn't find the characters very engaging, although I'm sure they were likely more engaging here than in their source material. Overall this was a fine book, but I don't know that I would recommend it to anyone except fans of the Mahabharata.