Notion Press, India’s fastest growing self-publishing company, have partnered with Arvind Iyer to publish Until the Swallows Come.
Arvind is a published author with two of his books, The Photographer’s Wife and Twenty-Two Minutes of Love and Other Short Stories gaining much appreciation. His novellas, short stories and poetry have also been published in many e-zines.
Ruhaan and Ayesha, a young couple from Mumbai, are on vacation in the southern beach town of Pondicherry. As Ruhaan saw two half-made sandcastles standing alone on the sandy stretch and the small, fading outlines of the flower-seller lady and her young boy walking away into the far distance, he found his fatherly instinct immediately tell him that something was wrong. They receive the shock of their lives—their two little children have gone missing from the famous Promenade Beach.
DSP Siva Raghavan takes over the investigation whilst battling his own demons. The presence of NGO worker Gayathri Meshram and ex-CBI man Girish Pradhan complicate matters as they brought their own perspectives to the case. Meanwhile, the Jan Seva Dal and its vice-president, Sesh Kumar, are making their presence felt in the southern state in their own way. As the investigation leads Siva and his men to some unexpected places, will the perpetrators be found in time? The parents and the investigative team are out to set things right and pursue all leads Until the Swallows Come home.
The author is telecommunication IT professional with a computer engineering background. He has been actively involved in many creative initiatives at work and has been on the editorial panel of many corporate e-zines. With a keen interest in human emotions, the wonder of science and an element of magic realism, his works try to find a balance between the real and the fantastical. He is also an active sketch artist, drawing inspiration from Renaissance masters like El Greco and Da Vinci.
The book is available now on e-commerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart, NotionPress.com, etc.