About the Book

Arun Kumar has spent a lifetime building walls of silence. He is safe, solitary, and invisible. Mani drives an auto-rickshaw through the city. He is loud, relentless, and impossible to ignore. Under normal circumstances, their worlds would never touch. But one night, Chennai is underwater, and fate has stranded Arun in Mani's backseat. Trapped by the downpour, the ride home spirals into a psychological detour. As the city blurs behind the rain-lashed windshield, the walls come down. Secrets are spilled. And Arun realizes that the only way to survive the night is to face the one thing he's been on outrunning: himself. Some rides take you home. This one takes you apart.

About the Author

B. A. Mukundhan was a national-level spelling bee rank holder. Naturally, he decided to ruin his academic potential by becoming a writer instead. Currently, he is a Genetic Engineering student at University. Why? Because he needed a backup plan in case his plot to take over the film industry takes longer than expected. An artist and musician, he treats real life like a movie set he is trying to direct. His professors think he is taking notes on Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides; he is actually plotting on what object his next character should choke and die from. And he's getting some weird ideas for it... After his debut historical thriller Shadows of Eldoria, he wrote The Lost Colours to explore the quiet magic of everyday life. He promises to finish his degree, as long as it doesn't interfere with his 'creative process' of being delusional for too long in the name of getting inspirational ideas. He lives in Chennai, where the creates music and films to prove his teachers wrong.