In a world where Hindu deities clash with colonial airship armadas, two brothers stand on opposite sides of a war that could end civilizations.

Prince Arun, avatar of the supreme god Vishnu, has a divine mandate to wipe out Western civilization from the Earth. His brother, Manu, a disgraced monk fleeing gambling debts and a murder accusation, must rise to challenge him. From the port slums of Lavo-Ayodhya to the peaks of the Himalayas and the depths of hell, Manu's journey leads to a showdown with the fate of Western enlightenment hanging in the balance.

Set in the Southeast Asian Kingdom of Lavo-Ayodhya — inspired by Siam, modern-day Thailand — Prince of Lavo weaves Hindu and Buddhist mythology into the geopolitics of the 19th-century colonial world, exploring the colonial contradiction between Western imperialism and enlightenment.