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Sunaina, Virat and DCP Vikrant Sharma are leading normal lives until fate decides to weave their paths into one. Little do they know that this path is nothing like they had ever imagined as it drags them into a tricky web of chaos. On a normal monsoon evening, Sunaina’s life breaks all ties with normalcy when she and her colleagues witness something they shouldn’t have, and that marks the beginning of a new story. But every beginning has its own end – sometimes, the end of a life. After almost getting caught, every day for them is hell on Earth, with death chasing at their heels. Now, they must spend days and nights looking over their shoulders. With the series of incidents that unfold, will Sunaina, Virat, and Vikrant’s lives ever be the same? Or will they collide with danger around every block?
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Sunaina, Virat and DCP Vikrant Sharma are leading normal lives until fate decides to weave their paths into one. Little do they know that this path is nothing like they had ever imagined as it drags them into a tricky web of chaos.
On a normal monsoon evening, Sunaina’s life breaks all ties with normalcy when she and her colleagues witness something they shouldn’t have, and that marks the beginning of a new story. But every beginning has its own end – sometimes, the end of a life. After almost getting caught, every day for them is hell on Earth, with death chasing at their heels. Now, they must spend days and nights looking over their shoulders.
With the series of incidents that unfold, will Sunaina, Virat, and Vikrant’s lives ever be the same? Or will they collide with danger around every block?
Book Details
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ISBN978-81-950205-5-3
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Pages124
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Avg Reading Time4 hrs
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Age18+ yrs
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Country of OriginIndia
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Lokeshna Bulani
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