Taklu alias Gaurav: 17; his happy-go-lucky world is devastated when his beloved German shepherd Rani is ruthlessly gunned down by the prime ministers security. He shaves his head and vows vengeance in any way possible. Shroom alias Rukmini:12; recovering from cancer, still bald as a mushroom, the plucky grand-niece of the prime minister, she rejoices in secret service lore and giving her handlers the slip. Taklu and Shroom: They meet. Shes thrilled to befriend a baldy like herself, and a fellow secret agent. He steels himself to kill her. One evening on a misty mountaintop, he gets the perfect opportunity When fifteen-year-old Gaurav Roys beloved German shepherd is brutally gunned down by the prime ministers security, he vows revenge. A trip to a mountain retreat to recover from the trauma unexpectedly provides him with a golden opportunity, when he meets and befriends Rukmini the prime ministers irrepressible twelve-year-old grand-niece. Grimly determined, Gaurav inveigles the girl up to the top of a dangerous cloud-shrouded mountain ridge where he must make his move. And even as he must decide, other evil forces are at work in those mountains, which put the lives of everyone at the retreat, including the prime ministers, in danger An exhilarating adventure of two unusual friends, Ranjit Lals latest novel is a pageturner that will keep you on the edge till the end.

Taklu alias Gaurav: 17; his happy-go-lucky world is devastated when his beloved German shepherd Rani is ruthlessly gunned down by the prime ministers security. He shaves his head and vows vengeance in any way possible. Shroom alias Rukmini:12; recovering from cancer, still bald as a mushroom, the plucky grand-niece of the prime minister, she rejoices in secret service lore and giving her handlers the slip. Taklu and Shroom: They meet. Shes thrilled to befriend a baldy like herself, and a fellow secret agent. He steels himself to kill her. One evening on a misty mountaintop, he gets the perfect opportunity...  Read More