The book is a Force 12 hurricane that occasionally drops to a 10 gale, sweeping one breathlessly from incident to incident, place to place, name to name. From the start, the book is brutally honest, exhilarating, and even self-deprecating. It is a story that every young Indian should read because it provides an incredible ringside view of critical events in the 1980s and 1990s that shaped the nation's destiny. The author's subsequent credentials as a military history writer, previous works, and extensive exposure to virtually every part of the subcontinent place him in a unique position to paint scenario after scenario in which the reader is completely mesmerised by the cinematic unfolding of events.