India, Nov. 27 -- What happens when justice fails? In a world teetering between rule and retaliation, author Tarun Mehrishi presents the proposition of vengeance becoming the law with a rattling, unsettling, urgency. His new work is a thriller titled Spectres of Vengeance, which is built upon this very premise and attempts to lull the reader into the landscape of covert operations, moral quagmires, and a heavy scent of retribution.

Meet the protagonist: Amitabh Mehta - a formidable chief of intelligence, whose personal history with the infamous hijacking of flight IC 814 shadows every decision. Grappling with old wounds, new threats, and the line between righteousness and vindication, he gets the nod for a covert assassination programme ...