When a celebrated journalist learns that the police have captured five killers on the way to assassinate him, he launches an intense investigation into the lives of the would-be murderers - one that forces him to re-examine his own life as well. What follows is an epic saga of modern Indian life, taking readers from the lavish hedonism of the elite to the seedy slums of Uttar Pradesh. As the journalist realises that none of the five wretched assassins could have masterminded the plot against him, he must ask - who wanted him dead?
