Brutal starts with a fierce prologue based on an incident in
Bandhavgarh National Park where Kunal Chaubey, a young man runs to rescue himself
from some unknown monsters. Despite his tiring body he manages to resist, in
fact, more than that, he manages to fight back and later realizes that he has
managed to kill those monsters.
The main story of the book starts 8 years later when a journalist,
Prakash takes up Nitin Tomar case, Nitin appears to be a brutal school teacher who
has massacred 11 innocent school children in an act which is perceived as a
crime against humanity. Prakash thinks this case to be an open and shut case,
thus, to be a perfect case to get back into action with ease after a forced
break due to an unfortunate accident in some other case. However, Nitin Tomar gets killed prior to his
appearance before the court and then subsequently the killer of Nitin Tomar. As
the story progresses the seemingly open and shut case appears to be one of the
most complicated case for Prakash and his colleague Sima and Mrinal with numerous
complex knots waiting to be disentangled.
Author of the book, Uday Satpathy manages to maintain flow
and thrill of the story till the end. He also manages to integrate the core
theme of the story with some similar recent incidents across the globe to make
the plot more realistic and gripping.
Go for it you are looking for suspense, thrill and a fresh
story line.
