About The Book
Indigo – The Color of Love and Death is a beautifully layered young adult novel filled with emotional storytelling, mystery, and slow-burn romance. It’s a powerful exploration of loss, healing, and finding connection in the most unexpected places. Written by Ola Chauhan and Rihana Sadique, the book follows the aftershocks of a secret assassination, a miraculous birth, and the hidden truths that shape the lives of those left behind.
The story begins with a spy named Nagahisa, who is ordered to carry out a mission he doesn’t believe in: poison a woman named Ichika Kawakami, who appears completely innocent. Though known as one of the agency’s best, Nagahisa struggles with the morality of killing someone who has done nothing wrong. After delivering the poison in a glowing upscale restaurant, he discovers Ichika is pregnant — too late to stop what he’s set in motion.
Years later, Ichika’s husband, Yuusei Kawakami, receives confirmation that his wife was murdered by a rare poison — DIGOINDE-0079854 — created only once and never again. Somehow, their unborn child survives, marked only by indigo-colored eyes, the same hue as the fatal poison. Overcome with grief and guilt, Yuusei distances himself from his son in an attempt to forget the past.
Now a teenager, Hiroto Kawakami attends Eminent Academy, a prestigious school for exceptional students. Though brilliant in many ways, Hiroto is quiet and emotionally closed off. Bullied by his older brother Yutaka and ignored by his father, he feels like a shadow. Then, he meets Mizuki Hoshi, a classmate who’s just as misunderstood.
Mizuki is eccentric, highly creative, and talented in music and writing. She struggles with math and science but thrives in anything artistic. With purple hair, mismatched eyes, and the ability to read minds on nights of the full moon, she’s used to being labeled as strange. When an accident involving her violin brings her and Hiroto together, it sparks an unexpected friendship — one filled with sarcasm, stubbornness, and slowly shared secrets.
As the story progresses, readers follow Hiroto and Mizuki through emotional ups and downs, tense family situations, school drama, and moments of self-discovery. Their bond grows deeper as they confide in one another and begin to heal wounds they didn’t realize were still open. Music, poetry, and starlit conversations become their way of understanding themselves and each other.
Indigo – The Color of Love and Death delivers a mix of heartfelt moments, vivid characters, and poetic writing. It explores themes of guilt, love, identity, and acceptance with honesty and care. Mizuki and Hiroto’s story is one of finding light in dark places, trusting someone for the first time, and realizing that even when the past haunts you, the future can still hold beauty.
This novel is perfect for readers who love emotional coming-of-age stories with mystery, warmth, and just a touch of magic. It’s a reminder that being different isn’t something to hide — sometimes, it’s what saves you.