The Code Breaker

A day before she is about to complete an assignment in India, Sara Hartsfield, an investigative journalist for NCN, is invited by a stranger to witness an extraordinary event, described by him as a history-making event. That event turns out to be the destruction of Babri Masjid, a historic mosque at the core of religious conflict in India. In the midst of extreme violence and exploding bombs, Sara faces death and comes into possession of an ancient document. While escaping from the scene, she unintentionally becomes an accessory to a crime. Also, without much forethought or planning, she is able to bring the document back home with her. Sara had no idea that this simple action would engulf her mind and life for months to come.

Driven by the curiosity of an investigative journalist, Sara attempts to unearth the secrets hidden in the document. n the process, she travels around the world and meets archeologists, scientists, literary scholars, business leaders, a musical genius, and a cryptologist. She is convinced that the document contains the answer that mankind has been seeking for ages. With each step, she uncovers a little more but risks her life to a greater extent. Her drive to get the full answer continues.

In this extensively researched and fast moving story, Dr. Anil Mathur takes his readers to locations round the world. The narrative is so powerful that readers feel they are actually witnessing the action as events unfold. The suspense is gripping. With each page, the level of tension increases, making it impossible for readers to put down the book until they learn the secret of the document.