Title:God is a Gamer
Author:Ravi Subramanian
Published by:Penguin Books India
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Published:20 Sep 2014
ISBN:139780143421399
Extent:328pp
Category:Fiction, Thriller
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Price (Rs.):299.00
Another thriller decorates my novel collection, thanks to Blogadda
for choosing me with the other fellow bloggers to review God is a Gamer by Ravi
Subramanian.
The starting is interesting enough to make you continue
reading what you have got your hands on. Bitcoins supports transfer of money
over the internet. It is powering over MasterCard and Visa. Satoshi Nakamoto is the mysterious founder. Bitcoins let you be anonymous on the internet and
transfer money using wallets stored in your personal computer.
The story begins with the entry of main characters.
Here the characters who should be labelled as main are many in numbers. At one
point or the other each of them plays a significant role in the plot. The
assassination of senator Gillian Tan is the beginning of the actual plot. Using
Misznay-Schardin effect the armored Mercedes Ben was blasted. The case was
taken up and investigated by Adrian Scott and assisting him was Tony. Mike
Hendricks the adversary of Gillian Tan orders the investigation to begin under
the order of President himself. On the other side Aditya Rao the founder of
Indiscape, the online gaming portal works blissfully with Sundeep to create
uproar with Mafia Dons, the first game to be played online for free by the
users. A rendezvous between Tanya and Varun starts with coincidental meets? Or
is it planned? NYIB’s CEO Malvika gets promoted to the position of Chairman of
NYIB. Commits suicide on her birthday falling from the 34th floor of the hotel where her birthday party was being held or
is it a murder?
The cotton trail engaging in trade of drugs, narcotics,
banned pharmaceuticals and pornography of any kind seems the second start of
the book. The currency exchange for the trade employs Bitcoins.
An ATM heist is reported in New York where 5 million dollars
are withdrawn. A group of 20 people in hoodies raided different ATMs all around
New York. This seems like the third start.
Are three of them are linked or they have their own story?
As the summary says
“Moving from Washington’s Congress to Delhi’s Finance
ministry, the beaches of Goa to the corporate boardrooms of Mumbai.”
The story keeps going
between these places.
The way Ravi Subramanian has written is pretty engaging and
captivating. Only glitch is in the starting where you have no idea exactly what
is being talked about as the story fluctuates between places and people really
fast. When you have enough background and engagement details about the
characters that is where the fun starts. In the end you may think that the
puzzle is solved and investigation is over but don’t worry after the epilogue a
surprise is wrapped up for you.
I would recommend people to go for it. It is a gripping
thriller though the fun may start a little late but by the end of it, complains
for the start will vanish for sure. Subramanian’s love for banking is pretty
evident throughout the story. You may learn a thing or two about technology and
banking from this for sure. If not learn you will be curious enough to Google about
the terms. I would definitely give it 4/5.
