An alumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow, the National Defence Academy, Pune, and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Mukul Deva was commissioned in December 1981 into the Sikh Light Infantry of the Indian Army. He took early retirement from the army after fifteen years of service that included a decade of combat operations in India and overseas. The co-founder of MSD Security Pvt Ltd, headquartered at Delhi and the Singapore-based Influence Solutions Ltd, Mukul has also served as a mentor on the UNITAR Fellowship for Afghanistan. Now settled in Singapore, he is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and an Executive, Business and Creativity Coach. He is the author of the best-selling Lashkar series: Lashkar, Salim Must Die, Blowback and Tanzeem.
Iqbal, a simple Muslim boy from Aligarh, is lured across the border into Pakistan to join the ranks of the notorious Lashkar-e-Toiba, one of the most dreaded Islamist militant organizations in the world. Six months later, a series of bomb blasts rip through a busy market in New Delhi, killing dozens of innocent people. As the police swing into action, it becomes clear that it isn't just a terror attack they are dealing with, but a larger conspiracy to unseat the government. It is up to the Indian Army now, to wait out events, or plot its own lethal revenge. A military thriller that moves from New Delhi to the Line of Control to Lahore, Lashkar is a gripping tale of insurgency and counterinsurgency, and the terrible fallout of the games governments play.
