Gunboy

Best friends Arvind and Sudipto are outsiders in the industrial steel town of Rannwara, and because of it, every day after school, they are bullied mercilessly by Jaggi Ranade, the son of the most powerful mafia boss in the area. Escape is simply not an option for the twelve-year-olds. That is until Amar Singh comes to town for a hit.Quick, quiet and deadly, the brooding Amar Singh is fabled among hitmen. His ability to avoid death is overshadowed only by the legend of his most prized weapon-the Gun. Gleaming white, adorned with gold and enamel, it is a weapon of the gods, one that chooses its shooter. When Amar's and Arvind's paths collide, the young boy finds himself in possession of this marvel-an opportunity for retribution, to avenge his humiliation. With a single shot, he sets ablaze a town that is waiting to explode.Transporting readers from the dusty and lawless Indian hinterland to the back alleys of Mumbai's underworld, Gunboy is the action-packed revenge story of a boy who takes on a corrupt and power-mad world.