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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The killer’s hand with the razor-sharp knife came down in a lightning strike…. the target is Nikhil Nanda, a college professor, who is catapulted into a dangerous quest for a secret buried decades ago. Nikhil makes a promise to his dying father to right a terrible wrong. A chance encounter with a beautiful woman, Tina Kohli, years ago in Spain, when he worked for Formula One, provides him with a path forward. Little does he know that his odyssey will result in multiple attempts on his life, and he will question Tina and her father’s involvement in the conspiracy. In the background, unknown to him, is an ominous figure, who will go to any lengths to keep the past buried. Nikhil and Tina will chase the secret on three continents, from Chicago to Florence, and then to Delhi and Agra. Every time they come close to the truth, they find more buried secrets. Finally, Nikhil faces his nemesis in Montpellier in France. Is he able to keep the promise to his father, is he able to protect his family, or does he fail in his quest? What was the long-buried secret? What happened on that fateful day that touched so many lives?
Ajay Mahajan
Ajay Mahajan was born in Birmingham, England, but grew up in India, within the IIT Delhi campus. He attended St. Columba’s High School, and then went to the University of Roorkee, now called IIT Roorkee, and got his bachelor’s degree. In the early 90s, he moved to the US and attended Tulane University in New Orleans, and obtained his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering, with an emphasis on Robotics, Controls, and Artificial Intelligence. Since then, Ajay has been a college professor, scientist, administrator, innovator, and entrepreneur for the last thirty years. He has authored more than a hundred and fifty technical papers, but this novel is his first foray into the area of fiction and has taken him 10 years to complete. He has worked on many projects for NASA, the US DoD, industry, and two Formula One race teams, Renault F1 (Oxford, UK) and Toyota F1 (Cologne, Germany). Ajay has always loved swimming, squash, and sculling. Lately, he has been learning to throw ninja knives and wield bokken, tsai, and fencing swords. He resides with his wife and two daughters in North Canton, Ohio, USA.
