RAW Hitman: The Assassinations With Kashif Masaikh, the sequel to the best-selling novel RAW Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima, based on the biography of RAW agent Lucky Beast and curated by India’s top crime writer S Hussain Zaidi. And Lucky Bist. The sequel promises to unveil eight thrilling operations by Agent Lima, giving readers a fascinating insight into the high-stakes world of espionage.
Beast delves into the emotional side of the story, highlighting the detective’s inner struggle. “Does a spy, sniper or commando who lives only for the nation have no personal feelings? Does he never cry? How does he get up and fight after defeat?” Bista explains how Lima manages to suppress her emotions, turning every personal pain into strength, driven by a singular sense of duty. “When the world believes that everything is over, for him, only one thing remains – his duty.”
In this novel, readers will see a new side of Agent Lima, where “he doesn’t trust anyone but himself, and if the operation needs to change, he makes decisions without hesitation,” says Bist.
A book curated by Hussain Zaidi with Kashif Mashaikh and Lucky Bist, RAW Hitman 2 follows Lima through eight thrilling missions for India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW): to infiltrate a counterfeit currency racket linked to Pakistan’s ISI in Operation Monopoly, take down one. Terrorist threat in the jungles of Nagaland in Operation Jungle Safari, uncovering a money laundering ring in Goa in Operation Casino, tracking a traitor along the India-Bangladesh border in Operation Tiger Claw, uncovering a terrorist plot after an attack near the Indo-Myanmar border in Chandel Conspiracy, leading the retaliation. Strike enemy territory in Operation Hot Pursuit, infiltrate the NSCN-K militant group in Operation Blind Sparrow, and team up with a former Mossad operative to take out a global warlord in Operation Black Widow.