The Schoolyard Bet

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>''You come from a family of terrorists.''</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A malicious low blow</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That one schoolyard taunt propels Afzal an impulsive sixteen-year-old in Shimla to do something big enough to clear his family's reputation.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He concocts a hare-brained scheme to sneak into Pakistan capture the dreaded terrorist Latif and drag him back to face justice in India.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Since teenage recklessness loves company Afzal's best friends smart-ass Beena and goofy-ass Rupinder are roped into his quarter-baked plan.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The three slip across the border into Pakistan but before they can say 'Oh shit!' intelligence agents terrorists and drug dealers are hot on their tails-armed to the teeth and baying for blood.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What do they do?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Abandon the mission surrender and force the Indian government to barter their lives for a dozen imprisoned terrorists Latif's psycho companions?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Or continue with their quest ... </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>but risk certain death?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Manu is a start-up tech executive with a passion to solve the global water crisis. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is his debut novel.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All author proceeds will go towards solving the water crisis via the JalTara Save Groundwater Foundation (savegroundwater.org).</span></p>