The Shadow Throne-------pan macmillan
A mysterious murder at the Qutub Minar triggers a call to ace
journalist Chandrasekhar from his cop acquaintance, Inspector Syed Ali
Hassan. The victim is unlike anyone Chandra has ever seen: a white
Caucasian male who has all the looks of a throwback to Greek antiquity.
Soon after, Hassan calls in to report the case has been taken away from
him – in all likelihood by RAW – the Research & Analysis Wing, the
uber-agency of Indian intelligence.
What began as a murder enquiry soon morphs into a deadly game of
hide-and-seek within the shadowy world of Pakistan’s ISI and India’s
RAW; and Chandra, his friend history professor Meenakshi Pirzada and
Hassan find themselves in a race against time to avert a sub-continental
nuclear holocaust. As the action moves to its hair-raising climax among
the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan, Chandra must face up to the
fact that Inspector Hassan is not all that he seems …
The Shadow Throne displays taut writing and nail-biting suspense
in a debut that is chillingly believable. Will this unlikely trio
succeed in navigating the treacherous, shadowy politics of India and
Pakistan?