Terrorist violence and a nightmare drive Shamsuddin Bandey head priest of a shrine in Aishmuqam village in Jammu and Kashmir,

to find out more about some of the 300-year-old scrolls kept in his family's custody for generations.

But his actions arouse the suspicions of a top bureaucrat and

a history professor. The corrupt duo believe the scrolls may point the

way to a vast, buried treasure-and they will stop at nothing to get it.

Elsewhere, militants break into a museum in Srinagar and steal

valuable artefacts to fund their war against India. They also kidnap

a woman scientist.

Along the way, others are drawn into the action: Michael Zutshi, an American professor nostalgic about his childhood spent in Kashmir,

and Ashok Dalela, a CBI officer on the trail of the masterminds behind

the illegal trade in antiques A gripping thriller set in a time of trouble, Close Call in Kashmin will keep you on the edge of your seat.