Product Description


Maelstrom Rising begins with the mysterious disappearance of a passenger aircraft, suspected to be hijacked by terrorists. Travelling on the plane is a beautiful Kashmiri woman named Ayesha, once loved by a Hizbul Mujahideen operative and raped by a dreaded Pakistani terrorist commander. Among her admirers is also Colonel Dusty Bhardwaj, an Indian Special Forces officer and the hero of the story, who is sent to the Maldives to keep an eye on the military coup brewing there as it will have implications on India s security. But what he stumbles upon is much worse. The hijacked aircraft has been secretly landed there and is going to be used to nuke Mumbai.Will Dusty save Ayesha and an entire city? From the author of India s first war novel, The Siege of Warwan, this is an edgeof yourseat, actionpacked sequel.


About the Author


Major General (retd) Gagandeep Bakshi is a combat veteran of many skirmishes on the LoC and counterterrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.He commanded his battalion in active operations in Kargil and was awarded the Vishist Seva Medal. He served two tenures at the prestigious Directorate General of Military Operations (during Operation Pawan and Operation Vijay).He is a prolific writer on military and nonmilitary matters.