Summary
From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of the Kamil Rahman series, comes a race-against-time thriller for fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton.
Newlyweds Adam and Aisha are in an airport lounge in Delhi, their honeymoon abruptly cut short by the murder of Adam’s best friend. While Aisha waits, Adam disappears, leaving only a cryptic message: ‘I’m sorry’.
Stranded in India without documents, Aisha is interrogated by RAW, India’s intelligence agency, and the FBI - both …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787305496 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178730549X |
| Author: | Ajay Chowdhury |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 23 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 164mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
A clever, timely and thrilling page turner, this speculative a thriller will engage your brain as well as your heart: think CONTACT meets THE DA VINCI code. Gripping and thought provoking, take a bow Ajay Chowdhury! * Jo Callaghan *
An uncannily prescient and brilliantly suspenseful thriller about our worst AI nightmares * Amanda Craig *
Set in a near future far too realistic for comfort, this book had me both riveted and scared out of my wits for what awaits us. No one writes about the risks of our shiny AI driven future with the authority and assuredness of Chowdhury. The real genius is wrapping it in such a break-neck story. I’d wager this book will make you think more than any other thriller you read this year. Outstanding. * Abir Mukherjee *
‘A rollercoaster read that lifts the lid on the world of tech. Fast and furious - I stayed up all night to finish it.’ – Orlando Murrin
‘Fuses topical, rogue-tech concerns with classic sci-fi and a pulsating chase adventure. Reminiscent of Michael Crichton, this is a SF technothriller for the AI age’ * Vaseem Khan *
A first rate thriller that’s both highly tense and deeply thoughtful. Taut and very timely, and written by a man with a real grasp of tech bro culture. * William Shaw *
The combination of all-too-credible horror, a gripping chase, lovely descriptions and the tenderness that was a feature of Chowdhury’s earlier works … make for a splendid novel. * Literary Review *
With futurist Chowdhury working in the field of advanced AI, this speculative thriller is terrifyingly plausible * Heat *
Ajay Chowdhury
Ajay Chowdhury is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. He is the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize.
His children’s book, Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical that premiered in San Francisco.
Eden Falls, his first standalone thriller, was published in July 2026.
The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month), published in 2021, is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures. The Patriot is the latest book in the series.
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