The DEViant

Sam had everything one could ask for:• A shining board exam result • Great apartment in Chennai with super cool flatmates • The most amazing group of friends• The perfect boy-next-door charm• And, a magical dream of love to chase(Re)Enter Jenny: the girl who had unknowingly changed Sam's life years ago. 'The Angel', Sam used to call her when he didn't know her. Now that Jenny struggles with her doomed destiny, will Sam be able to help her out? Two steps away from entering the realm of their own 'happily ever after', Sam and Jenny's lives get caught in a conflux of passion and betrayal - otherwise known as Dev Aryan. How many will survive the storm? Shuttling between Chennai, Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Bengaluru, Sam narrates his story of unlikely and unparalleled friendships. Revisit the classrooms of uncomplicated love and scribble songs of undying companionship in the side margins of notebooks with Sam's story of engaging vividity that is continually illuminated by the pyrotechnics of curiosity, candour, and wit.

SHANKAR S PADMANABAN was born in Tiruppur, 'The Knitwear Capital of India' and now currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate currently working in an Automotive MNC. He's an avid reader of Indian fiction novels. In college, apart from the hefty engineering assignments he wrote, he discovered his passion for writing and started writing short stories and articles. He's also a fond traveller and an adventure freak and loves exploring new places. Apart from writing and travelling, he collects stamps. His collection of stamps dates way back to 1960's. He also plays chess and is a die-hard foodie.