"Serpentine scrolls" by Alcatraz Dey. This book is published by Red Ink Publishers in 2015 and has 248 pages. This is Book 1 of 'A colossal adventure' series. This one was author's autographed copy. Alcatraz Dey is a pseudonym of Ajay Kumar.
Ishin Jackson, a strangely tattooed hacker, wakes up to find himself in Germany. He has no memory of how he reached from Banglore to Munich. Jaish-e-lashkar has two sleeper agents in India for two decades and Indian intelligence still hasn't found them. There are knowledge gathering snakes.
What is the mystery of snakes? Who is Hannah? Ishin can help government of India but why he does not know how?
The clues in the tattoo are provided and deciphered at opportune time and in the required order. Not sure why Ishin gives one clue at a time instead of all together.
Some of the things are not credible like planning for 22 years to destroy one city, sleeper agents giving birth to children in India and raising them for the grand plan, snakes created to gather good knowledge turning bad, snakes giving birth to humans, a terrorist offering to whisk Indian prime minister to a safe place etc.
The cover of the book is cartoonish. Looks like a cover of Children's book. I did not feel like buying the book just because of the cover.
Author has tried to narrate a fascinating story. In the process he has jumped across the time zones far too many times. Readers have to be very attentive to keep track. It covers a time period from Buddha, Profet Mohammed to present day.
Author has tried to cramp in too many things in the story. But the story and narration is amateurish. It lacks finess.
This is first book of the series and the story does not end. The climax is for next book. It's part fiction, part fantasy and part children's story.
Good first attempt but give it a miss.
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