Blurb and Prologue

From the author: — That’s ME by the way! lol :D

Stay tuned for the breathtaking thriller story packed with twists and turns every time.

I’m planning to publish the plot every week. You can find the plot under my list “Fiction” category.

Blurb:

Mitra was admitted to the critical care unit after being acutely poisoned with an unknown chemical. Suspecting it as a murder attempt and in the process of finding the truth, the assistant commissioner of police, Mr.Krish, has come up with many unexpected twists. Rather than an individual’s case, it became a national outbreak. Neither the supportive therapies nor the available antidotes are resolving tissue hypoxia. The rapid suffocation is taking up many lives.

The challenges are huge. How far can the medical team protect the victims dying from an unknown chemical? What could be the motive for the deadliest outbreak, and who is behind such actions? Could the crime investigators be able to find the guilty and save the people?

The horror has begun, and from now on, every second is accountable. It’s all about life or death in a fraction of a second.

Prologue:

The technician was blindly following the instructions despite noticing a meagre fume, still an unusual one, inside the processing unit. He wasn’t bothered about what was happening inside his workplace when his beloved son was injured. He was urging to finish off his work and move to the hospital to see his son. There are many bottles, and literally, he has to add the contents at a slower rate. He struggles to maintain his equanimity as the process is consuming more time. The technician was on his night duty, and unfortunately, there was no replacement for him unless the requirement was well-informed.

Although it was an additional step from the regular process, the technician struggled to identify the difference. It is usual for him to add extra items to the processor or remove any unnecessary ones for various purposes. Sometimes, materials are “added or removed to improve the strength, at times to enhance colour and texture. It wasn’t a doubtful move for him. However, he was not left with any other choice than loading or shedding the contents if the instruction came from his leads.

The technician was getting repeated calls from the hospital. Although his son wasn’t in an emergency condition, the hospital management requires the patient’s parents' or guardians’ consent to proceed with the next treatment process. They couldn’t simply hold an outpatient in the ward for a longer time. The teenage boy got a severe blow from a stranger and fractured his mandible. He doesn’t know who the person was or why he hit him. The localities took him to the nearby hospital and eventually informed his father about the incident. The first aid was given at the hospital, but the boy needs his family’s consent to do immobilisation and fixation of the fractured segment.

The technician reluctantly asked for permission when three-fourths of his assigned work was done. The balance of work he was about to do after two hours of permission, despite knowing that he was doing it for the whole one and a half hour. Although he was not aware of the mechanism of action of the materials, he is good enough to understand the technical stuff, like if something is added to the processing unit, it has to be added at a constant rate without discontinuation. However, on that day, the technician was more concerned about something else. He knew it wasn’t safe for his son to stay alone in the hospital for so long, particularly when a stranger attacked him. He wanted to ensure his safety at the earliest. His mind was preoccupied with random thoughts, and he deliberately wanted to take permission to meet his son.

At last, the preceptor showered mercy towards the end. When the work was 90% done, the technician was permitted to take two-hour breaks to meet his son. He quickly concluded his work and ran to the hospital.

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