What would you sacrifice to escape the cage of mediocrity?
Devraj Mallick is drowning. At twenty-six, armed with an engineering degree that promised prosperity, he finds himself trapped in a suffocating cubicle in Lucknow, debugging code for twelve thousand rupees a month. His family mocks him as a dalal a fixer, a hustler for the small favors he brokers on the side. His girlfriend, Ananya, is slipping away, desperate for the stable future he cannot provide.Then comes the call that changes everything.His wealthy uncle needs an impossible favor: get his academically hopeless son admitted to a top Delhi management college, no matter the cost. The price? A sum that could rewrite Devraj's destiny. One transaction. One compromise. One step across a line he can never uncross.
What starts as desperate survival evolves into something darker and more seductive. Devraj discovers he has a gift an uncanny ability to navigate the corridors of power, to read people, to make the impossible happen. He becomes the liaisoner the man who can open any door, grease any wheel, fix any problem for those willing to pay.As Devraj climbs higher, each transaction pulls him deeper into moral compromise. The line between pragmatism and betrayal blurs. The money flows. The power intoxicates. But the mirror reflects a stranger.When the stakes escalate beyond anything he imagined, Devraj must confront the ultimate question: How much of yourself can you sell before there's nothing left to save?
The Liaisoner is a darkly compelling crime thriller that exposes the hidden machinery of power where education is bought, influence is currency, and every dream has a transaction fee. Set against Delhi's gritty power corridors and Lucknow's fading middle-class world, this is a story that asks uncomfortable questions about morality, success, and the systems we navigate.
Some doors should never be opened. Some prices should never be paid. But when you're desperate enough, every rule becomes negotiable.