The Journey of Deceit: A Story of Treachery in Friendship

By Anubha Sagar

The Journey of Deceit is a story of Ryan Herman, a boy in his early twenties, who is deceived by his best friend, Jazz Loner. Ryan is taken to an island where he finds out the sinister activities that Jazz is into. Jazzs illegal activities are on an unprecedented scale slick with technology. Ryan is devastated to see the wretched conditions of the people working there. He chalks out a plan along with his coworkers to terminate the ills going on, knowing that it could cost him his life. Will Ryan be successful? Will he be able to face death? Read on to find out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Jul 1, 2014
• ISBN: 9781482822106

Anubha Sagar

Anubha Sagar, a 16 year-old author from Dehradun India published “The Journey of deceit” at an age of 14 years making her one of the youngest published authors from India. “Whispers under the Sun” is a pack of short stories with a roller coaster of thrill, contemporary cultural clash, paranormal, premonition, parental love, teenage love, tragedy and animal emotions compiled from everyday experiences.

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Contents

Chapter 1     The Beginning Of It All

Chapter 2     Inside The Cave

Chapter 3     The Veracity

Chapter 4     The Investigation

Chapter 5     The Revelation Of Secrets

Chapter 6     What’s With This Eye On?

Chapter 7     The Implementation

Chapter 8     The Final Steps…

Chapter 9     The Event Of Conclusion… Nearly

Chapter 10   Baffled Up

Dedicated to my younger brother Ujjwal, my

father and mother who have been an immense

source of support and inspiration to me

CHAPTER 1

THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL

C ’mon Jazz, you know that’s not possible! Everything’s possible, Ryan. Jazz and I were sitting in the attic of the rented house. Jazz had challenged me to go on a journey to the most deep and puzzling caves of the world; the Dungeon caves. Every year there were reports of people lost in the Dungeon caves.

Thus, whenever I heard the name of the ‘Dungeon caves’, a chill always ran down my spine.

I had got lost in my thoughts of fright, when suddenly Jazz clicked his fingers in front of me. He said, Where are you lost buddy? I replied, Aw, nothing. I was just thinking of something.

Soon, we decided to go to bed. All night long, I had absurd dreams. I couldn’t figure out a single thing. But one thing was certain, Jazz was being seen in my dreams again and again and was giving a wicked smile, as though he had something evil in mind. The next morning when I woke up, Jazz’s first question to me was: Are you ready with your luggage? I asked him as to what the matter was. He made me recall our conversation of the previous night.

I said, Jazz, what is the matter? We did not have an agreement on the topic. Jazz burst with anger. He brought out his revolver and kept it on the side of my forehead just about 2 centimeters above my ear. Just stop your non sense! Not one more word! You will go, and no discussions beyond that! Then, he caught hold of my chin and shook my head hard. Suddenly, his cell phone started ringing. He picked it up and looked at me, my arm grasped by his clammy palm. Listen, my friend Ryan is coming to the Dungeons and I want you to be his guide, said he in a voice, which I had never heard before. I stood there, unable to understand what was happening. My thoughts were clouded, and my body was unresponsive.

I remembered my dreams and Jazz’s deceitful smile. My brain felt to be working more than ever and I was getting a severe headache. Blood was gushing through my body at the speed of light, trying to reach every nook and corner of my body, to keep me from passing out. I was sweating and getting tensed. I never knew that the Dungeon Caves would give me such a shock. It was all like déjà vu… the dream and what Jazz did. I lost contact with my surroundings and fell onto the ground.

CHAPTER 2

INSIDE THE CAVE

W hen I woke up, I found myself in a very dark cave. Suddenly, I heard faint noises of people talking. I got my boots on and rushed to the spot, but before I could reach the place, someone just shut the opening.

Though, the opening was shut, still I could hear some voices. Ha! Now we have enough of them, don’t we? said one voice. No, not yet, some others have to sacrifice their lives too, said another voice. In no time did I realize that I had been deceived by my friend. I decided to walk down the cave and find a way out of the ghostly place. The atmosphere was dull and dingy and I was feeling as though I had been sent to the bowels of the Earth. At that point of time, I could

Reviews for The Journey of Deceit

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