India, June 27 -- Amidst 1947 India's chaos, an intelligence officer races against time in a riveting espionage thriller, says SAKSHI PRIYA

Imagine standing on a precipice, one foot in the dying embers of colonial rule, the other trembling on the brink of an unknown, independent future. What if India's independence had begun with a devastating explosion instead of a midnight speech? What if one man, living between two worlds, stood as the last defence against chaos? This is the question that drives The Greatest Game by Stephen Alter, a historical espionage novel set in the charged and volatile weeks of March 1947, when the subcontinent teetered on the edge of freedom and division. Kimball O'Hara, the protagonist first introduced to the w...