Orphan — Shashi Warrier

At thirty-eight, feeling ancient and used up, Raja knows his best years as a commando are behind him. But he will soon be tested as never before...Raja (Colonel Rajan Menon) has barely crossed the border to safety after a daring rescue operation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir when he is summoned to head an operation that will change his life forever. The Prime Minister's granddaughter has been abducted, and the kidnappers want a sensitive diary in the possession of the CBI, the contents of which, if made public, can throw the country into turmoil. Raja works out a meticulous rescue plan, but the raid ends in a disaster--the girl is killed and not a single kidnapper is captured. And all the evidence points to Raja's complicity. Hounded by the police and, inexplicably, a ruthless psychopath, Raja is on the run, determined to clear his name. As he makes his harrowing journey towards the truth, a sinister plot unfolds, an astounding plot that began half a century ago, in 1947...In The Orphan , Shashi Warrier, India's only full-time thriller writer, has produced an astonishing sequel to Night of the Krait