The Citizen Sainik

By Sam Mukherjee

Appreciation

The Citizen Sainik's action pushes the limits of what the pages can hold. It is a thrill ride with moments full of anticipation, suspense and excitement. It's a must read.

- THE HONOURABLE DR. JEAN AUGUSTINE (Member of the King's Privy Council for Canada, Member of The Order of Canada, Member of the Order of Ontario, Commander of the Order of The British Empire)

The Citizen Sainik is like an enthralling summer popcorn movie, sharp-witted and full of palpable thrills.

- SHIRISH KUNDER (Bollywood Producer, Director, Editor, Columnist)

The Citizen Sainik is an adrenaline-pumping adventure with a charismatic, unconventional protagonist and scene-stealing villains. You can’t look away while it’s all happening or stop thinking about it when it’s over. A nail-biter!

- SUNIR KHETERPAL (Bollywood Producer - Badla, Rocky Handsome, The Body)

It is not every story that hooks you right away. This did. You are a fine storyteller, Sam.

- DEEP HALDER (Former Editor, India Today (most widely circulated magazine in India) & Author of Blood Island: An Oral History of the Marichjhapi Massacre, Bengal 2021: An Election Diary, Being Hindu in Bangladesh: The Untold Story)

Sam Mukherjee’s fast-paced page-turner time travels to a fearsome and very possible near future. Fasten your seatbelt! You’ll be hanging on to every twist in the plot until the last page.

- SHAGORIKA EASWAR (Editor, Desi News Magazine (Canada's Premier South Asian Magazine) Toronto, Canada)

Synopsis

One among millions yet one in a million.

Chirag Roshan is an experiment in the CIA's new Citizen Sainik program that identifies and enrolls extraordinary citizens to assist with national security. Rife with strength and agility, Chirag is part-gift, part-gumption. To investigate a botched bombing attempt in New York City, Chirag enters the prison cell housing the suspect, posing as a captured terrorist. There, he finds out that a terrorist group called Khauf is behind the undertaking and their modus operandi is to kidnap youngsters and brainwash them into killing innocent people. A quick and intense training session later, Chirag is assigned to rescue Tabasco Doohey, a young American kidnapped by Khauf. The trail leads to India and Chirag realizes that he has entered foreign soil with a bull's eye painted on his back. His partner, Jigar Joshi is speared like sea life soon after touchdown, and he is left alone to infiltrate the enemy camp. Undeterred, Chirag moves closer to his target but is captured by Khauf. With sheer grit and cunning, Chirag escapes with Tabasco. Along the journey, he finds loyal friends in Picnic Pudina, a spunky young woman working as an Indian intelligence agent; and Disco Sushi, a musically inclined rickshaw driver who could go to any length to protect a friend. With Khauf giving chase, Chirag will have to tackle a vicious attack by assassins in a moving train and survive a hair-raising car chase on a dark Indian highway. But most importantly, he will have to ward off the deadliest attack of them all: a potentially lethal betrayal. Will Chirag be able to outwit Khauf and take Tabasco Doohey back on American soil?

- Release Date :
- 2025-05-25
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