And here I put down the 'Oath of the Vayuputras' by Amish Tripathi, who needs no introduction amongst Indian reader community.
If you have not read his books on Lord Shiva, the triology ("Immortals of Meluha", "Secretes of the Nagas" and "Oath of the Vayuputras"), you are missing out on a wonderfully crafted masterpiece!
The author has a fresh take on his worshiped and beloved God which powers him to research into ancient Indian books and stories, and along with new understandings of science and psychology, portraits the story of a mortal human being growing up to the levels of the God of Gods i.e. Mahadev!
The origin of the lead character Shiva from Tibetian mountains, his accidental arrival in Indian land and suddenly realising about supreme expectations of the whole nation from him in the form of their deity, and his confused yet determined mind leading him on the right path of wellbeing of all.
And his rebelousness for cruel rituals, insane artist inside him wining him the love of his life Sati, kind hearted yet very intelligent and brave warrior in him being used by King of India, Daksh and his incremental realisation of truth that the Evil is no person but the selfish thinking amongst good people being blinded to the truths of common good...
The story is of God, yet it is of heros amongst common people of the time and is quite relevant even today.
The author translates the concept of Somrasa very conveniently to the theory of anti-oxidents that can increase human life by detoxication. And his references to the Bramhastra which (he mentions) match very closely with that of Nuclear Weapons of today.
It has no magic, everything he tries to reason out by science and common sense. This keeps the story grounded and flies the reader to the ancient times with him, from where readers return only enchanted and with great appreciation for Shiva, and his disciple, Amish!