Table of Contents

one Revenge

two The Temple is Defiled

three The Nightmare Begins…

four A Deadly Rumour

five The Hidden Snake!

six Whispers in the Night

seven Secrets

eight The Untouchables

nine The God of Death

ten Fire!

eleven The Deadly Conch

twelve The Underworld

thirteen Old Friends

fourteen Zarku

fifteen The Wrath of Kali

sixteen Twenty-Four Hours to Live

seventeen Hated and Alone

eighteen Layla

nineteen Trapped!

twenty Another Loved One … Lost!

twenty-one Time for Justice

twenty-two The Beginning of the End

twenty - three Panchayats and Promises

twenty-four Framed and a Failure

twenty-five The Final Verdict

twenty-six Death by Stoning

twenty-seven Revelations and Regrets

twenty-eight Forgiveness

glossary

acknowledgements