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Baramulla Bomber (Niyogi Books India, 2013, ISBN 978-93-81523-97-1) is a Science Fiction Espionage Thriller and India's first Mythological Thriller written by Clark Prasad.〔(Clark Prasad ) Author's website〕 Baramulla Bomber is touted as the planet's first "Techno Mythology Thriller",〔(Bookchums Interview ) Interview of Clark Prasad〕 a Techno-thriller with mythological elements. It was published in July 2012 and then republished by Niyogi Books 〔(Niyogi Books ) Publisher's Page for Baramulla Bomber〕 in August, 2013. It was launched by Javagal Srinath on October 5, 2013 in Bangalore, India. Clark Prasad, alter ego of Suraj Prasad, was born in Lagos, Nigeria, lived most of his life in New Delhi and had his education in Lagos, Delhi, Mangalore and Kozhikode. A pharmacist with a management degree from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode who believes in conspiracy theories, Baramulla Bomber is his debut novel. ==Plot== Baramulla Bomber is the first book (eka) from the Svastik trilogy. Regarded as the world’s first techno-mythology thriller Techno-thriller, it has been tagged as a ‘Science Fiction Espionage Thriller’ book. The story unfolds with the occurrence of a mysterious earthquake that strikes Shaksgam Valley in Kashmir. All hell breaks loose within intelligence agencies across the world, as they suspect that a new weapons system has been tested by China and Pakistan. This new sonic weapon is based on ancient science from the Vedas, the Bible and quantum mechanics. While investigating the case, atheist Swedish covert operative Adolf Silfverskiöld is led into Kashmir to keep an eye on a suspect, Mansur Haider. Mansur is an aspiring cricketer. He is absolutely unaware of the happenings transpiring around him. He faces the immense challenges that confront him with the support of his girlfriend Aahana Yajurvedi. He starts to play for the Indian national cricket team. Adolf and Aahana investigate the Shaksgam Valley incident for their own reasons. The Indian Home Minister, Agastya Rathore faces two battlefront scenarios, with both China and Pakistan, and the danger of the new weapon system which the world only witnessed and experienced in the ancient past. A speculative thriller with a line between reality and fiction, some of the characters are historical; however, many of the characters are fictitious and were created by the author. The ideation of Baramulla Bomber was done before 2009. However Clark Prasad began to write it in September 2009. The first words were penned in Kashmir on September 29, 2009. After he completed the story, he submitted it to a few literary agents; however, he did not meet any success. Despite the setbacks he approached some more publishers. About 20-25 publishers rejected him before he went ahead to self-publish the book. The author has acknowledged the Indian armed forces. One of the reasons being that both his parents were part of the Indian Army (Army Medical Core). Each chapter of the book starts with a map. The location where the story takes place is highlighted in a sniper scope. Use of Intelligence Cables between the U.S. Embassies (similar to the wiki-leaks format) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baramulla Bomber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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