Vijay Balan was born in India and moved to the United States for college. Vijay began his career in aerospace, including working on the Space Shuttle propulsion system. A rocket-scientist turned storyteller, he enjoys using the written and spoken word to make arcane concepts easily understood.
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Kumar Nair is dismissed from a colonial paramilitary unit for refusing to disperse unarmed women agitating for India's independence. When the Great Depression destroys his fledgling business, he moves to Singapore for a fresh start, but World War II breaks out. After Singapore falls, he joins a secret spy school, createdby the Japanese intelligence and the rebel Indian National Army to defeat the British and free India. When a double agent betrays several cadets, Kumar is sent on a rescue mission. Caught in a hall of mirrors, can he cross wartime borders, rescue captured agents and return to his young wife in Malabar?</span><br></p>
