"Maelstrom rising" by Major General G. D. Bakshi.
This book is published by HarperCollins in 2016 and has 229 pages.
Major Dushyant (Dusty) Bharadwaj has now become Colonel. He heads special force unit and has a legendary record of success. An Indian passenger jet goes missing. Ayesha is on it. There is a broken arrow.
What Will be Dusty's assignment? Will he meet Ayesha? Does he have feelings for her? Why was the plane hijacked? Who stole the nuke? Can Dusty save the day?
This story analyses an emerging reality. A new front opened by terrorists against India when the Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal routes were plugged. Attack from south. Maldives is an easy base. More than a thousand islands, many uninhibited. Small country. Muslim population. Limited army. It's a dream for terrorist organisations like ISIS.
Terrorists work on radicalization of Maldives with Drugs and jihadi indoctrination. Dusty is trying to find out what's happening in Maldives posing as an arms dealer. He unearths a terrorist camp there. At the same time a broken arrow is on the loose. A Pakistani nuclear war head goes missing. What will the target be?
Author has delivered the story with conviction. It is supported by sound logic and deduction. The terror plot converges with hijacked airliner. The story has pace. Its interesting. Author's knowledge of war on terror is apparent and he leverages it well. However, the story stretches a bit too long after the climax.
Terrorist leader intending to marry Ayesha sounds far fetched. So does the survival of Dusty in gun fight without cover when everyone in his team is hit.
1st chapter gives a recap of what happened in previous book 'Siege of Warwan'. Those who read this Book first will not enjoy previous one because they would already know the story.
Why did I read this book? First book of the author was good.
What I didn't like? Terrorist leader intending to marry Ayesha.
What did I like? Probability of use of Maldives.
A good book. Recommend reading.
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