Perfect Storm (Paperback)

Nikhil Ravi

ISBN 10: 0143475851 / ISBN 13: 9780143475859

Published by Penguin Random House India, 2025

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Paperback. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perfect Storm (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Random House India
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143475851
• ISBN 13: 9780143475859
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Perfect Storm is the untold, full account of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks―an operation that shook the world and paralyzed India’s financial capital for 60 terrifying hours.

On the night of November 26, 2008, ten men slipped into Mumbai by sea and launched one of the most audacious terrorist strikes since 9/11. But the story of this attack began decades earlier. It spans continents, ideologies, intelligence failures, geopolitical rivalries, and a network of characters whose motives intersected in deadly ways.

Drawing on meticulous research, Perfect Storm peels back every layer of this conspiracy―tracing its roots from the violence surrounding Pakistan’s birth in 1947, through the shifting power dynamics of the post-9/11 world, to the operational decisions made inside militant training camps and intelligence units.

With unparalleled insight into counterterror operations, former Intelligence Bureau officer Prabhakar Aloka brings decades of firsthand experience to the narrative. Co-author Nikhil Ravi, a screenwriter and filmmaker known for documenting Indo-Pak flashpoints, adds cinematic clarity and investigative depth.

Together, they reconstruct the spider’s web behind 26/11―from dusty training camps and radicalization pipelines to encrypted hacker dens in Southeast Asia―offering an unprecedented look into the anatomy of a state-sponsored terror attack.

This is the definitive story of 26/11. Told fully. Told clearly. Told at last.

About the Author

Prabhakar Aloka served in India’s Intelligence Bureau, the country’s premier intelligence agency with a history spanning more than 125 years. Over nearly three decades of service, he was rigorously trained in covert operations and worked extensively across counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and anti-Naxalite operations. His career placed him at the center of some of India’s most challenging internal security environments.

Nikhil Ravi studied philosophy at the Manipal Centre for Humanities and is a screenwriter whose work includes co-writing the Netflix Original series IC814: The Kandahar Hijack.