The Last
Attractor of Chaos by Abhinav Singh is a spy thriller novel. Three aspects make
a novel worth reading and they are plot, time duration, and settings. Well, the
time period in the novel stretches over two decades and its multi-place setting
makes way for a tight, suspenseful framework for the story. And eventually a
series of mysterious subplots make an impressive overall plot for the novel.
The story
opens up with a military exercise dealing with the transporting of a powerful
nuke weapon KALI.x. Well, it is not an exercise but a plot to steal the weapon.
The prime hacker in this process is Mr. Mehta from the IB department. Having
realized the trap, he runs for his life, sends a message to one of his trusted
colleagues, Shruti. But he gets killed.
Initially you
will sense that there is some male hero in the book, like of Hollywood movies
or Alister Maclean books. However, the story begins shedding light when
Shruti’s husband, Ashwin Rathore, is also get killed by some secret men. Ashwin
Rathore was a noted scientist of particle physics. After his death, he is seen
alive with his consciousness Tantunam Anuha. They both discuss a few concepts
of physics, like universal energy and particle physics and altering the actions
of humans by energy game.
Shruti is six
months pregnant. She is arrested by IB for the charges of murder and weapon
theft. As is often the case in spy thrillers, the protagonists are more than
they appear – here the personal life of Shruti is inflicted with deep pain and
with her husband dead, she has to use all her tricks, talent and early career
training knacks to come out of this trap undefiled. While moving with the
novel, it becomes difficult to know who the guy is playing bad – but the author
has done a commendable job by concealing their motives and identities till the
end.
Throughout the
novel, you may guess what is going to happen next, but you will be given
another seat every time because the novel is segmented into three parts:
current crises of Shruti, her past where her father was a spy in Pakistan, and
the concern of Ashwin Rathore who at any cost wants to save Shruti for his
unborn baby.
Because of
Shruti’s past with R&AW, at every step her life looks taut and tied. For
this reason, the story sounds like knuckle-biting episode in fiction. The novel
sounds realistic and innovative even with having concepts like particle physics
and after-death vigilance.
Other than
tangible settings, the story, like an invisible backdrop, revolves around a
powerful nuclear weapon called KALI.x, but still it is not the only revelation
in the story. Exceptional at action and moving at a sharp pace, it is an
all-encompassing story of sabotage, betrayal, miscommunication and haunting
past of spies.
The author has
clearly done his homework before getting into this sweeping novel of spies and
government treacheries. This novel will surely remind of the spy thrillers
written by Alister Maclean and Daniel Silva. The way of narration is simply
lollapalooza and there is so much to relish from this book that the readers
will surely wait for the sequel. It is a treat for spy thrillers that the
element of suspense never sees a dull point throughout the novel.
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