Beyond the Blinding Sun by Jayanta G. Borpujari

Chasing their dreams beyond the blinding sun, three migrants board the same flight to what they believe is a fresh start, certain their old despairs are behind them. Instead, Jayanta G. Borpujari's Beyond the Blinding Sun traps them in a contractual facade, where duped, abused and humiliated workers from different countries face the might of ruthless employers and a powerful state machinery, living in constant fear of never being free again. Against the backdrop of a blossoming love affair, a gentle police officer becomes their lone hope, standing between them and the dreaded detention centres somewhere in a merciless desert. As native brave hearts join forces with hardened criminals to engineer audacious escapes, the story moves through labyrinthine ghettos, treacherous valleys and impregnable police checkpoints, building to an unforgiving mountain crossing charged with plots and counterplots. Reviewers have called it a saga of modern-day slavery with characters so believable, so vulnerable and yet so brave. A gripping, socially conscious thriller for readers who enjoy fiction about migration, injustice and the fight for freedom, told with a tense chase and real human stakes.