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This is my post during the blog tour for Boondocks by Jaydeep Shah. Boondocks is the first book in a new Apocalyptic Thriller series by Jaydeeb Shah.

This blog tour is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours and the tour runs from 13 till 26 June. You can see the tour schedule here.

Boondocks (Survive the Doom #1)
By Jaydeeb Shah

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Genre: Apocalyptic Thriller
Age category: Adult
Release Date: 9 June 2022

Synopsis:

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They believe it is only about defeat and escape.
Little do they know; it is something more than that. It is about the rise of the dead and the world’s destruction.

Lost in the desert of Rajasthan, India, Rahul and Elisa learn the truth about a wicked wizard named Dansh and some enchanters performing resurrection rituals.

Though they try to stop him, Dansh knows black magic and they find him a challenging adversary. Even worse than him, Rahul and Elisa soon discover that the churel named Dali has returned. Soon, the King of the Underworld, an immortal rakshasa named Sekiada, will make his way to the earth with the force of his thousands of fallen angels to conquer the world.
Rahul and Elisa must find a way to stop them and save humanity.

Terror inflames the nation. The country’s best commando, Aarav Singh, and the best local police officer, Arjun Rawat, reach the city’s border near the desert with the force of gifted soldiers to commence battle against evil. They turn the border into a battlefield to prevent the demons from entering the city.

The apocalypse is struggling to reach its highest peak as the Asian evils slowly spread across the nation: churels, rakshasas, pishachas, daayans, shaitans, and many more hair-raising bloodshed lovers.

Rahul must find a way to murder the immortals: the wicked wizard, the king of the Underworld, and the strongest churel of all time, and Elisa must gather her own courage to battle the demons, especially one of the immortals, to prove women are not weak.

Welcome to the world of horror, where the characters play games of deceit and betrayal to achieve their goals, and the demons enjoy slaughtering the humans.

The end is near. Or it’s just the beginning!? Dare to witness the apocalypse, but only if you are comfortable with bloodbath and barbarity.

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Enjoy this peek inside:

PROLOGUE

5000 years ago 

Rajasthan, India

In the small, secluded village Kendraa somewhere in the middle of 500,000 km2 of desert and home to only about three hundred or so people, residents halted their work of woodcutting, ceramics, and making dung cakes and rushed into their Wigwam huts. Five minutes passed, and then the village’s mukhiya, Ram, a fifty-five-year-old who looked like he was thirty, began to patrol, scrutinizing whether everyone had secured themselves in their huts. From the way the villagers had run and how Ram was inspecting the village, it was crystal clear that it was their routine; each of them was aware of the regular impending doom that escalated at or after dusk.

After everyone had locked themselves in, and when Ram found no one outside still working or wandering around, he locked himself in his own hut. Two other huts flanked it on each side, and they stood only a few inches away from the dirt road.

In one of the huts near to Ram’s, a child sat with his father.

“I’m scared, papa,” said a boy after a brief look at his father, who was sitting on the ground against the wall. The man secured his child in a hug with an expression of dread, startled at his son’s rush of feelings. Then he forced a fake smile, patted his son’s back, and kissed his forehead, assuring him that he was safe with his dad. The boy’s fear vanished, and he smiled back. All the while, the child’s mother sat against the wall opposite, hugging her knees and crying silently, keeping her face hidden in the hollow between her legs and breast to prevent scaring her son.

In one of the other huts, another wife cried, this one hugging her husband. “She ate my brother last month, my sister last week, and your brother yesterday. I don’t want to lose you.”

She was talking about an evil lady who visited the village after dusk and enjoyed massacring humans and eating their flesh.

A sense of apprehension dangled over every hut.

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Author Jaydeep Shah’s Top Ten List:

Top Ten Favorite Binge Worthy Shows

• Stranger Things (2016 – Present)

The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things is a must watch science fiction, horror show in which a young boy disappears, and while solving the mystery, a small town named Hawkins in Indiana discovers a girl with strange powers and some terrifying strange supernatural forces.

What makes it a worthy binge-watching show is narration of the story which is filmic but separated in small number of episodes. Every season ends with some exciting scenes leaving the audience want more of it. The other best part of the series is each episode is connected to the previous one and plays well as a whole instead of standalone episodes.

This is the show I never miss any season to binge watch. Season 4, Volume 1 contains really a solid, intriguing story, and the season ends with a much powerful twist. I can’t wait for the season 4, volume 2 to come on July 1.

Watch on Netflix

• Bridgerton (2020 – Present)

Based on Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, Bridgerton is a beautiful, highly driven historical romance story. Both seasons are a must watch although the series returns with slow second season. The setting is set in a high society of 19th century London in which rich young families enjoy gossiping which young men will marry which young ladies. Besides all this, what makes it a fun to watch series is the narration. If you are looking for something fresh historical romance, Bridgerton is a must watch.

Watch on Netflix

• The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022 – Present)

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. OMG!

This is the show you will never want to miss watching. The season starts with slow development. But then as the story progresses, it leaves the audience with a lot of suspense. Heartbroken and lonely Anna witnesses a murder across the street. However, the questions rises when the police officers find no evidence of murder. Did she have hallucination? Or, if she did witness the murder, where did the dead body disappear? And who is the murderer?

Yet, what makes it a riveting story is the unexpected and unimaginable twist in climax. This is truly a must-must-must-watch show if you enjoy suspense thriller stories.

Watch on Netflix

• Emily in Paris (2020 – Present)

This is another must-must-must watch show for people who love comedy and romance. A smoothly running storyline in which the protagonist, Emily, struggle to develop connections with her colleagues at her new workplace in Paris. Her downfalls are: 1. She is American for which her French colleagues don’t like her as they believe Americans take work too seriously. 2. She doesn’t know French at all. It’s different matter she does indeed try her best to learn French.

However, each episode from the first season to the second season’s last one, the story gets charming and charming as Emily makes some new connections and try to follow the French culture and decide to do what people do in Paris: Fall in love; after all, what happens in Paris stays in Paris. Emily in Paris is indeed a watchable show full of humor and love.

Watch on Netflix

• Sex Education (2019 – Present)

This is really a good comedy show. From the name of show, you may think it’s all about sex. I would say yes and no. Indeed, the show focuses on sex advice; however, it is legit, not like a pornography show. The show does include a story about completely naïve having hard time to focus on his personal things, due to an interference of her mother in his personal and sexual life. He also struggles to cope with her mother’s occupation as a sex therapist.

The first two seasons are fun, but the third one is super fun as a new character, Hope Haddon, is being introduced as the school’s new headmistress. Because of her, the third season escalates to the next level of fun and excitement.

Watch on Netflix

• The Big Bang Theory (2007 – 2019)

Hey! Have you heard The Big Bang Theory is returning next year?

Bazinga!

Lol! I’m sorry. But you at least have had an idea who is my favorite character from the show. Of course, it is Sheldon Cooper.

The show is super fun to watch, especially with friends as the show portrays a great connection of friendship between characters. A show with nerdy and funny characters with the focus on science studies creates its own unique depth of comedy. The cast did a phenomenal job playing the characters beautifully. However, without Sheldon Cooper, this show would not be fun, so thanks to the creators for bringing him to our lives. Jim Parsons has brought the character into life with his extraordinary acting skills.

The season has 12 seasons, and believe me if you locked me in a room and told me to watch all the seasons in one shot, I can do it.

Watch on HBO Max

• Friends (1994 – 2004)

Friends is one of the best funniest sitcoms. This is another show will enjoy watching with friends. The show is not only about friendship but love and relationship. There is an amazing bond between characters. It is enjoyable to watch how friends support each other while they are trying to build their careers.

Watch on HBO Max

• Shadow and Bone (2021 – Present)

A Netflix series, Shadow and Bone, created by Eric Heisserer based on Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is wonderful to watch for fantasy lovers. In this series, dark forces want to stop Alina Starkov, a sun summoner, the most powerful Grisha capable of destroying the creatures and the dark world. Although the main setting is Ravka, the most exciting part to watch is the war between the shadowy creatures in the dark world called the Fold. As Alina Starkov learns to use her powers, the season gets excited. Can’t wait for the second season to arrive.

Watch on Netflix

• Van Helsing (2016 – Present)

Van Helsing is set in the post-apocalypse world of vampires where survivors struggle to survive. The first season seemed like just normal like the other vampire post-apocalypse shows. However, as the plot develops, the story gets exciting. Each season comes with a bang. The show contains so much violence and gore, and it increases in every season. This is a much watch show if you love vampires and comfortable watching severe violence and gore scenes.

Watch on Netflix

• Never Have I Ever (2020 – Present)

I just have started watching this show. I’m about to complete the first season. So far, it seems like a girly show; however, I do enjoy watching it as an Indian-American teenager named Devi tries to improve her school life when she faces too many breakdowns as the death of her father flashes and also as she is naïve to making new connections.

So far, I just love the show. I’m sure girls, especially, teenage girls will enjoy watching this show.

Watch on Netflix

References:

Stranger Things Poster

https://stranger-things-merch.com/products/stranger-things-day-poster

Bridgerton Poster

https://collider.com/bridgerton-season-2-character-posters-netflix/

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13315324/

Emily in Paris Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8962124/

Sex Education Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7767422/

The Big Bang Theory Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898266/

Friends Poster

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/friends

Shadow and Bone Poster

https://twitter.com/thisisnotahmad/status/1384617716837871625

Van Helsing Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5197820/

Never Have I Ever Poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10062292/

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About the Author:
Jaydeep Shah is an avid traveler and a multi-genre author. As a bachelor’s degree holder in Creative Writing, he aims to entertain as many as people he can with his stories. He is best known for Tribulation, the first book in the “Cops Planet” series.

In addition to those books, The Shape-Shifting Serpents’ Choice, Jaydeep’s first young adult flash fiction written under his pen name, JD Shah, is published online by Scarlet Leaf Review in their July 2019 issue. Currently, he’s endeavoring to write a debut young adult fantasy novel while working on a sequel to his first apocalyptic thriller, Havoc.

When Shah is not writing, he reads books, tries new restaurants, and goes on adventures.

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