Simon & Schuster India R.A.W. Hitman

Had mixed thoughts before downloading the kindle edition. Straight away coming to pros and cons or rather what you should or shouldn't expect from the book: 1. 'Poor writing' Many reviews mention poor writing. To me its as good as any Indian author can be. The book does lack the normal lusture of any crime thriller, but then it was never meant to be a sensational presentation. The writing does total justice in presenting the psyche of the person Laxman Singh Bisht (LSB). So one must 'not' expect King's english or literary ecstasy, but any one in awe of the now-celebrity Lucky Sir, and aching to know about this journey specifically those four years, could totally quench their thust. And the stature of the person would increase manyfold. 2. 'Credibility issues' Many ppl have doubts on LSB an an agent for RnAW. Well, as for the book it nowhere states that Agent Lima =LSB. Might need to read the second book probably. Its simply the narrative of survival instinct of LSB during a turmoil phase and a parallel of his training. In fact the ending shall leave u thinking about LSB for quite some time. 3. Credibility about RnAW Again this is a biography not autobiography. Therefore expect some extent of creative Liberty. How much exactly, can be easily verified from the news archives easily available all over the net. Well Nowhere ever in any of his podcasts, interviews etc, did once is this agency named. So, no wonder the book leaves this out. Ok. The bottomline: Its a open ending book. Leaves many things to your understanding. To believe or not is upto the reader. Just Do the math. Definitely a good read. P.S. If you have grown up reading Holmes, Feluda, and fan of Cormoran strike, Jack Reacher, Lisbeth Salander etc, DO NOT miss this one. He is the man leaping out straight from your fantasy (You would know what I mean)

A must read for all those who have interest and covert operations of special forces team members; how their life takes at times take ugly turn. Politics and crime juggernaut and a soldier doing his assigned job selflessly!!

Lucky is a really interesting person. I found him speaking on podcasts which made me curious about him that led me to this book. A real thrilling experience!

The story line failed meet the expectation. In fact it got terribly boring. So I would not suggest one may skip this book.

One of the most spectacular book that I read is #therawhitman ,it has all the elements of thrill which takes u to a height and then leaves u to figure out what could be the possibile learning from the story, #shussainzaidi has again bring a storm by writing this book as most of his previous popular books has a Negative shades in protagonist, but with this book he could bring a real life story of an ordinarily extraordinary man aka #luckybisht #luckycommando #commanderbhai / #agentlima ,who is not just a soldier but also raw agent working for security agencies of India, the twist comes when how a murder charge made a solider under scrutiny of law and he had to fight his whole battle alone with his family, his survival instincts which he learned during his training days at Israel define from "a man who can eat snakes will never die hungry" and his love for his nation is undermine when he says to his best friend (during training) on asked "Yes he would kill him if he was opponent from other army" how the training from Zora singh helped him to take all the mental and the physical torture that he had to undergo during his murder trail, the story has some most powerful names of underworld which makes the reader in thrill as it is a real life story.

This is a must read book for all.👍👍👍👍

The age of Laxman Bisht in Chapter one is mentioned Twenty-three as on 6th September,2011 but in Chapter it's mentioned that he was born in 1985. If he was born in 1985 then his age in September 2011 would be 26 and not 23.

Story is interesting

Very interesting and captivating book . Finished reading in just 2 days

Good story can’t tell if it’s real or not.

The Story of a Brave Soldier . Beautifully written, showing different faces of Soldier, while struggling in his civil life.But still remain a Soldier at the end of the day. Thanks Mr. Zaidi for bringing this story in front of this world.

I am honestly quite disappointed with this book...was expecting something Hussain Zaidi is known for but this book is over exaggerating and full of inconsistencies... hoping for a chapter on rumoured covert operation in the neighbouring country....none whatsoever....did not live up to the expectation and definitely worst book by Zaidi yet

Literally, the most-boring crime book I've ever read after a wonderful first three pages!! UGH!