Shielding Shadows

<p>Shielding Shadows is a fast-paced emotionally charged thriller exploring the duality of vengeance and patriotism justice and manipulation all set against the backdrop of counterterrorism in India.</p><p>The story follows Zunaid a young boy from Srinagar whose life is shattered when his parents are killed in a terrorist attack. Grief-stricken and vulnerable he is lured across the border into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where he is brainwashed and reborn as Omar&mdash;a weapon forged from pain and hate.</p><p>Years later Omar is entrusted with a massive mission: to sever India&rsquo;s northeast from the mainland through a series of coordinated bombings in Howrah Bridge Bodh Gaya Temple Baidhyanath Temple and Kharagpur railway station. These diversions would allow a final devastating attack on Bagdogra Air Base.</p><p>But just before executing the last step Omar&rsquo;s world unravels. His team is silently neutralized and he is captured by Indian special forces. During interrogation he learns the stunning truth: Indian intelligence had been tracking him from the moment he re-entered the country. They let him operate to expose and lure out Zafar a high-ranking terrorist hiding in POK.</p><p>Omar was never the threat&mdash;he was the bait.</p><p>Shielding Shadows is a tribute to India&rsquo;s silent warriors and a haunting tale of lost identity sacrifice and the unseen battles that safeguard a nation.</p>