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Perplex-City
For the Thriller lover, presenting Perplex-city, a bouquet of suspense, crime and horror thriller woven in one novel.
Perplex-city paints an intrinsic layer of city in its three different lockdowns, decades apart, telling the story of a night as Khali Dera, Blossom Haveli and Jharokha Apartment remained a silent witness to the unprecedented acts of love, hate, jealousy, regret, and redemption that changed the lives of everyone around. The colossal events looked distant and insignificant, all they wanted and prayed was the night to end.
In the year of a Rat, a night before the lockdown starts, a barkeep finds herself in possession with ICE, ecstasy drugs. With cops of her heels, she finds no place to dispose it. She empties the content in water tank of her society – Jharokha Apartment; just before the cops show up in her place. During the night the water is consumed by the cops who came for the search to the unaware resident. Under the influence of the drugs, ICE, the residents come in face to face with their demons – their anger, the guilt, their lust, their greed, and their love. How many demons would surface and who all would be their casualty.
In the year of a Pig, greed and hatred had divided the country. Blood stained the walls, the roads, and the hearts. The neighbors had become enemies and strangers, friends. Air smelled of burnt houses and decaying corpses. Army was still not fully operational and police watching helplessly from a distance. Whole city was put under a curfew. A girl in her twenties, Libni finds herself stuck alone in this city. Searching for a shelter where she can pass the night, Libni reaches a lone Haveli in outskirts of the city. Little did she know, she was walking right into a sinister plot. Will Libni’s presence deter Onkar’s plan or is Libni a part of a bigger conspiracy?
In the year of a Red Snake. Sepoy mutiny changed the course of history for the subcontinent. India was losing this fight for Independence; the freedom fighters were being rounded off. Imam Akbar Amanat Ali urged his daughter Meher to escape before the East India Company’s army captured them. Meher managed to reach the road leading to Gurgaon. The road was barricaded by the army. Meher had to hide in a small, desolated house in a deserted kasba. In those ruins seeking refuge was another couple, Guneet and Eshana. They were going to meet Eshanan’s brother for the last time before he was executed by the Company. They thought to wait the night out in this dilapidated ruin. They were not alone. Terror ran high as Meher, Guneet and Eshana face the forces unseen and unknown, namely Ajooni who walked in the ruin whole night, night after night, claiming anything in it as hers.
Perplex-city paints an intrinsic layer of city in its three different lockdowns, decades apart, telling the story of a night as Khali Dera, Blossom Haveli and Jharokha Apartment remained a silent witness to the unprecedented acts of love, hate, jealousy, regret, and redemption that changed the lives of everyone around. The colossal events looked distant and insignificant, all they wanted and prayed was the night to end.
In the year of a Rat, a night before the lockdown starts, a barkeep finds herself in possession with ICE, ecstasy drugs. With cops of her heels, she finds no place to dispose it. She empties the content in water tank of her society – Jharokha Apartment; just before the cops show up in her place. During the night the water is consumed by the cops who came for the search to the unaware resident. Under the influence of the drugs, ICE, the residents come in face to face with their demons – their anger, the guilt, their lust, their greed, and their love. How many demons would surface and who all would be their casualty.
In the year of a Pig, greed and hatred had divided the country. Blood stained the walls, the roads, and the hearts. The neighbors had become enemies and strangers, friends. Air smelled of burnt houses and decaying corpses. Army was still not fully operational and police watching helplessly from a distance. Whole city was put under a curfew. A girl in her twenties, Libni finds herself stuck alone in this city. Searching for a shelter where she can pass the night, Libni reaches a lone Haveli in outskirts of the city. Little did she know, she was walking right into a sinister plot. Will Libni’s presence deter Onkar’s plan or is Libni a part of a bigger conspiracy?
In the year of a Red Snake. Sepoy mutiny changed the course of history for the subcontinent. India was losing this fight for Independence; the freedom fighters were being rounded off. Imam Akbar Amanat Ali urged his daughter Meher to escape before the East India Company’s army captured them. Meher managed to reach the road leading to Gurgaon. The road was barricaded by the army. Meher had to hide in a small, desolated house in a deserted kasba. In those ruins seeking refuge was another couple, Guneet and Eshana. They were going to meet Eshanan’s brother for the last time before he was executed by the Company. They thought to wait the night out in this dilapidated ruin. They were not alone. Terror ran high as Meher, Guneet and Eshana face the forces unseen and unknown, namely Ajooni who walked in the ruin whole night, night after night, claiming anything in it as hers.
269 pages, Paperback
Published October 29, 2021
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About the author
Naseha Sameen
10 books11 followersNaseha was born in a town encapsulated by two rivers, inhabited by people who celebrate on the face of natural calamities. It is a one-millennium old city, Cuttack which breathes of tales if only one can listen. Silent starry nights, noisy cracking dawn, lazy afternoon loaded with champak odor, giggling evening and early retreat of the day, all planted seeds of stories in her. After Master's Degree, she moved to the hustling metropolis of Gurgaon where she crunched numbers and provides realistic strategies to corporates for a living. Once out of office, she quickly became the dreamer that she is and starts writing while watching the foggy, slumber like morning of the metropolis that she fell in love the moment she stepped in Gurgaon. After 14 years, life gave her an opportunity to move to a new city. She parted with Gurgaon as friends and has moved to the city of Pearls, Hyderabad to make the city her own and her, a part of the city.
Her anthology of poems, Ruby Drops is Amazon Best Seller in Poetry.
Her book Heir - End of Innocence, is a winner of Author Page awards for for Best Debut and Best Woman Writer
For her, she believes her journey has just started.
Her anthology of poems, Ruby Drops is Amazon Best Seller in Poetry.
Her book Heir - End of Innocence, is a winner of Author Page awards for for Best Debut and Best Woman Writer
For her, she believes her journey has just started.
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April 13, 2022
This particular novella "perplex city " is actually a tough read for me initially . Because just after reading the blurb i had lot of confusions regarding so many things but later on things get settle down after you get some momentum in storyline.
The novel was setup against backdrop of historical events, but still focuses on lives of common people . Overall you will definately create an interest after reading just few pages.
The book is basically divided into three parts :-
🦋the year of rat - jharokha apartment.
🦋year of pig- blossom haveli
🦋year of red fire snake- khali dera.
All these three parts are consist of multiple chapters . With intersting titles and plot. Moreover cover of the book looks amazing and matches well with theme of the book .
The language of the book is undoubtedly one of the biggest assets of this book . So , overall i must recommend this book to all the lovely reaers to give it a try for once .
Must read ❤❤
The novel was setup against backdrop of historical events, but still focuses on lives of common people . Overall you will definately create an interest after reading just few pages.
The book is basically divided into three parts :-
🦋the year of rat - jharokha apartment.
🦋year of pig- blossom haveli
🦋year of red fire snake- khali dera.
All these three parts are consist of multiple chapters . With intersting titles and plot. Moreover cover of the book looks amazing and matches well with theme of the book .
The language of the book is undoubtedly one of the biggest assets of this book . So , overall i must recommend this book to all the lovely reaers to give it a try for once .
Must read ❤❤
February 27, 2023
Amazing and a masterpiece like the rest of her works, from Naseha Sameen.
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