The Catalyst

the booka seemingly regular interview for a summer job turns more intriguing when the Interviewee finds out that it was only meant to extradite into the world of espionage. Caught between the frayed strings of his life and sudden surfacing of puzzle pieces to his father death, he agrees to the task of finding the Professor who has gone rogue with nation threatening information. Just as he zeroes-in on the critical links, a series of murders of murders follow and suddenly everything comes to circle around his past life. Will Shaurya be able to do what was duly required of him? Will he be able to complete the puzzle?The catalyst is the transformation of Maurya- a heartthrob student at Banaras Hindu University, who wants just enjoy life, complicate least, goes through lives of dozens of girls to meet love of his life Ahana, to the Maurya- a deadlier version of human being, an espionage agent. The story paces through entangled emotions, blood, betrayal, survival and every other common thing viewed from a twisted angle just to keep you thinking.about the authorsudershan Mishra is a young novelist who finds himself shunting between a recovering realist and a fiction addict. He believes that he is not a good writer but a great re-writer and his stories also try to seamlessly divulge into the said aspects. Apart from being a dedicated researcher, sudershan is a popular public speaker within on and off campus debating circuits. He also happens to be an executive member of many artistic groups engaged in grooming and presenting local talent.