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India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n author, Mukul Deva

Mukul Deva

Mukul Deva is a best-selling Indian English author, noted for the spy-military thrillers on terrorism, Lashkar, Salim must die, Blowback, etc...

. It is a fast paced Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy

Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and...

-type action thriller about a fictional terror attack in Delhi, masterminded by Pakistan's Intelligence Agencies, and the Indian government's befitting retort in the form of Force 22, an elite unit of the Indian Defence Services, specialising in covert operations. The book was followed by two sequels, Salim Must Die (2009) and Blowback (2010), with a fourth and final one, Tanzeem expected for a January 2011 release.