The book is based on a prophecy made by a saint stating that one day the Uttara Yogi would settle down in South India. His arrival would presage the liberation of the country from foreign rule and put an end to the era of falsehood. The book tells us of a young Aurobindo Ghosh, who has recently returned to India after completing his ICS internship in England. The reader is taken through the stages of his life as he chalks out a plan for achieving freedom for India, as he zealously contributes to the Swadeshi and Boycott movements in opposition to the partition of Bengal and