India, May 10 -- Right off the bat, one is confronted with a sinister plot unfolding. A young YouTuber-influencer, Sayema Haider, is recruited by a Pakistani general to destroy the core of India. As the scene is set, the reader is transported to Kashmir where the recently commissioned Lt Deepak Lathwal is under the wing of the legendary hunter of the first battalion of the Fourth Gorkha Rifles, Maj Danny Deka of Majuli. These protagonists, with the help of the regiment, are successful in thwarting a band of terrorists - setting a fitting tone for this action-packed military fiction thriller.

Kupwara Codes, the first in a trilogy titled The Gorkha Garrison series, does not take too long to dive into the plot of our heroes, who are catapul...