Perfect Storm: The History and Anatomy of 26/11 | A Definitive Account of the 26/11 Mumbai Attacks & Indo-Pak Geopolitics - Softcover

ALOKA, PRABHAKAR; Ravi, Nikhil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143475851 ISBN 13: 9780143475859

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2025

Synopsis

In the dead of night on November 26, 2008, ten men slipped silently into Mumbai by sea. Over the next 60 hours, they unleashed a storm of violence that brought India's financial capital to its knees and shocked the world. The true story of this attack, the most audacious terror plot since 9/11, begins decades earlier, spans multiple continents, and enmeshes a diverse array of characters with varying motivations.
This is a story that has never been told in full. Until now.
Perfect Storm peels back the layers of this conspiracy, taking readers on a riveting journey that extends from the blood-soaked birth of Pakistan in 1947 to the treacherous geopolitical landscape of the post 9/11 world. Based on meticulous research and drawing on Prabhakar Aloka’s decades-long experience in counter-terrorism in the Intelligence Bureau, and co-author Nikhil Ravi’s expertise as a screenwriter and filmmaker documenting Indo-Pak geopolitical flashpoints, the book pieces together the spider’s web behind 26/11, spanning worlds as disparate as dusty training camps in rural Pakistan and neon-lit hacker dens in South-East Asia, casting an unprecedented look into the anatomy of a state-sponsored terror attack.

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About the Author

Prabhakar Aloka has formerly worked with the Intelligence Bureau, the country's premier intelligence agency, with over 125 years of history. In nearly three decades of service in the bureau, where he was rigorously trained in covert operations while in pursuit of hostile elements, Aloka served in counterterror, counterinsurgency and anti-Naxalite theatres.
NIKHIL RAVI studied Philosophy at the Manipal Centre for Humanities, and has co-written the Netflix Original Series, IC814: The Kandahar Hijack.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143475851
• ISBN 13: 9780143475859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256