Weapon of vengeance
Subtitle: a novel
By: Mukul Deva
Edition: First mass market edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780765371065
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Terrorism; Women intelligence officers; Arab-Israeli conflict; Fiction
Description: "Ruby Gill is a rogue MI6 agent, the daughter of an Indian father and Palestinian mother. Her mission is to destroy a Palestinian-Israeli peace summit in New Delhi. Ruby's father, whom she has not seen since age three, is now head of India's anti-terrorist police. When the two first meet, Ravinder Gill believes his long-lost daughter has come for a reunion. but as time goes by, he begins to suspect that she is the terrorist he's searching for. Combining a fascinating mix of terrorist operational detail contrasted with the coming together of a father and daughter who once loved each other but are now on opposite sides of a deadly encounter, Mukul Deva's Weapon of Vengeance is a gripping thriller filled with explosiveaction and weighty characters. "--
Notes: "Originally published in 2012 in slightly different form under the title The dust will never settle by the HarperCollinsPublishers, India"--Title page verso.