The Schoolyard Bet Afzal and Friends vs the Terrorist

<p><strong><em>'You come from a family of terrorists.'</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span>A malicious, low blow</span></p><p><span>That one schoolyard taunt propels Afzal, an impulsive sixteen-year-old in Shimla, to do something big enough to clear his family's reputation.</span></p><p><span>He concocts a hare-brained scheme to sneak into Pakistan, capture the dreaded terrorist Latif and drag him back to face justice in India.</span></p><p><span>Since teenage recklessness loves company, Afzal's best friends, smart-ass Beena and goofy-ass Rupinder, are roped into his quarter-baked plan.</span></p><p><span>The three slip across the border into Pakistan, but before they can say 'Oh, shit!', intelligence agents, terrorists and drug dealers are hot on their tails-armed to the teeth and baying for blood.</span></p><p><span>What do they do?</span></p><p><span>Abandon the mission, surrender and force the Indian government to barter their lives for a dozen imprisoned terrorists, Latif's psycho companions?</span></p><p><span>Or continue with their quest ... </span><strong>but risk certain death?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Author</strong></p><p><span>Manu is a start-up tech executive with a passion to solve the global water crisis. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is his debut novel.</span></p><p><span>All author proceeds will go towards solving the water crisis via the JalTara Save Groundwater Foundation (savegroundwater.org).</span></p>