Power struggles are one of the most common themes in literature. The perspective to envision the relationship of power with humanity in a vicious cycle has been the focus of Praveen Radhakrishnan’s fiction. His debut, The Adventure of Black Drop (2011), has the trace of power politics at various levels in terms of mental aptitude, gender, and class. These three layers of Victorian England offer a closer look at how power is intertwined with the fabric of society. Apart from being a detective novel that deals with the story of nineteenth-century England, the story shows the reality of power’s nature transcending centuries by upgrading itself as per the evolution of humans. This research article holds a thematic study accentuating the author’s opinion on how power circulates across societies and explicates them. This is clarified using the close reading technique in deconstructing the power ploy present in the novel.
