Agents of Gradation: Endearment in Inferno - Treachery in Elysium (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798891866652)

"No man is so foolish as to desire war more than peace: for in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons. But I must believe that heaven willed all this so to be."

"A moment of "misfortune" can completely change the course of events, and that is exactly what happened when Ilyas saw movement in his peripheral vision and quickly turned towards something that was just starting to acquire momentum. Alas all the plan went into ruins, the stealth, the hunt, everything started falling apart in front of their eyes. Ilyas saw Manav completely exposed pointing a gun at him. That glare from Ilyas pierced through Manav's courageous heart. If earlier Manav was frozen, now he was shivering like a sculpture during an earthquake. Ilyas moves to grab his AA-52 gun, which by the way as per Mikhail could puncture metal, that was now pointed at the shivering flesh and bones of Manav"

A young man named Manav, who inadvertently finds himself caught in the crossfire between a terrorist group and police, is told in the gripping story "Agents of Gradation". One of the terrorists, Mikhail, deviates in a last-ditch effort to save Manav, but is killed in dubious circumstances. Later, the remainder of Mikhail's family joins Manav in his search for the person responsible for Mikhail's murder.

As they plan their attack and conduct research, Manav encounters unexpected obstacles and startling discoveries about not only himself but also those who had been attempting to assist him