Take The Scalpel: Game Beneath Conceived By H.S. Rissam Presented In Text

The Scalpel Picked up this book once at a fair excitedly and it was my first Medical Thriller, The book turned out to be nothing but disappointment, Twothird of the book was trying to establish the characters which turned out to be utter chaos.
When the actual plot started, it ended so quickly that the readers din't realize what was in the book.
On the whole, there are better things to do out in the world apart from reading this book.
Hope the author brings out a better book next time, This is a story going into the depths of the dark side of human nature mixed with a heady cocktail of strong characters and an intriguing plot.
It is a story about rise of a poor boy from Bihar into a dreaded international gangster, a story of a doctor who lusts after money and power and a story of a princess turned undercover spy.
It revolves primarily around the illegal organ trade industry and the unholy nexus of terrorism and underworld which fuels the industry.
The book can get gory and disturbing at places, since it is a realistic portrayal of the underbelly of the medical profession.
The most compelling part about this book is not the plot, since the storyline per se does not have many twists and turns, but the fastpace of the narrative, the gradual development of characters and the ability to pull all three into one.
The climax of the book is nothing short of an edgeof theseat movie scene, making it a tad too unbelievable.
The story takes you across continents, into the minds of the good, bad and plain simple evil, and ultimately it turns itself into a classic good v.
evil storyline.

I am surprised to find such creative writing and articulate prose from an author, who is by profession a cardiologist.
Just reinforced my faith in the fact that anyone can have a hidden talent for writing, This book appears not to have been edited at all, There are mistakes throughout. If you can see past this rough language, the first threefourths of the book are good fun.
The characters are interesting, thought a bit onedimensional, The story has all the makings of a Hollywood movie, It disintegrates in the end, though, as the author inserts long medical explanations that serve no apparent purpose, and rushes the ending.
After suspecting something is up, the hero quickly cracks the case in a page or two,

Still, I read the book all the way to the end because I wanted to find out what would happen.
And I guess I'd read it again on an airplane if I knew what I know now.
I just wish I could edit it,

Maybe I'll get a chance at the second edition, . .

Just for fun, a few editing errors:

p,: an explosion "shook the Air bus, too, "

p.: "He woke up in the afternoon of Boxer's day, "

p: a doctor in Chicago sends a complaint to "the Minorities Protection Cell at the Mayor's office.
"

A mistake repeated several times throughout the book is demonstrated on p, in a passage about a character's selfcontrol: "He practised yoga for nothing.
Yoga teaches you how to control your temper, temptation and worldly weakness!" Perhaps "He didn't practice yoga for nothing.
"

p: "beeping like a Geiga Counter, "

p: a passage describing a man who is not, to my knowledge, supposed to be a crossdresser: "He will have filteredwater to drink, fresh food to eat, appropriate dresses to wear.
. . "

p: when talking about an organised crime conglomerate: "Conglomerate did not need North or South pole for the time being, nor it needed Antarctica at present.
" The thought of an organization like this actually existing brings chills to the bone, The personality of Hassan Pasha is well developed and the emotion of the characters are portrayed well.
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