Facing an unprecedented threat as the jihadi terror machine turns on its host, and a series of suicide bombers literally blow the country apart, Pakistan finally takes up arms against the terror groups clustered on both sides of the Durand Line. Adding to the mayhem are the American Reaper and Predator drones, hurling silent flaming death upon terror leaders on both sides of the Afghan- Pak border. At the same time, hell-bent on seizing control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, strong fundamentalist forces are quietly at work.

In a fitting finale to the Lashkar series, Mukul Deva takes us deep into the heart of the jihadi terror machine, to tell us not only how it all began, but also where the insidious terror threat is likely to go.