We all know Bilal Siddiqi as the author of Bard of Blood and Kiss of Life. But here’s another racy thriller from him, which is sure to keep the audience engaged!
About The Book:
Name: Aryaman Khanna.
Profile: Ex-intelligence officer, Phoenix 5 division, Intelligence and Research Wing.
Status: Released from a high-security prison in Lakshadweep after serving a seven-year sentence for a botched counterterrorism operation led by Director General Amarjyot Bhushan.
Known Family: A mother, a son, and a wife, who was attacked before she could publish an exposé about a bioweapon in her newspaper.
Current Location: Last seen heading to Mumbai in pursuit of his wife’s attackers and on a top-secret comeback mission.
Mission: Foil the bioweapon strike an international terror group has been planning to carry out in Mumbai on the anniversary of 26/11.
The Phoenix tells a dystopian tale of espionage and global terror, of sleeper cells and double agents, of biological warfare and suicide attacks. But at its heart, there’s a message of hope and one man’s love for his family and country.
Intrigued right? Check out an excerpt of the book here.
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About The Author:
Bilal Siddiqi is a novelist and screenwriter based in Mumbai. He is the author of The Stardust Affair, The Kiss of Life (co-written with actor Emraan Hashmi) and The Bard of Blood, a spy novel which he wrote when he was nineteen and which was adapted by Red Chillies Entertainment into a Netflix show. Siddiqi was also the creator of this show and worked on the screenplay. The Phoenix is his fourth book.
The book was released on September 7. You can grab your copy here.
