The Sullen Hills

Amidst a growing civil war that is threatening to tear the island nation of Sri Lanka apart, one of David's intelligence operatives' stumbles across a plot by a group of tea estate workers to establish an independent state in the middle of the country. David on active duty in the north, must convince his superiors that the threat in the hill country is real but then something goes terribly wrong. Priyani in her role as an international relief coordinator, must contend both with David's...
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Amidst a growing civil war that is threatening to tear the island nation of Sri Lanka apart, one of David's intelligence operatives' stumbles across a plot by a group of tea estate workers to establish an independent state in the middle of the country. David on active duty in the north, must convince his superiors that the threat in the hill country is real but then something goes terribly wrong. Priyani in her role as an international relief coordinator, must contend both with David's continued absence and with a humanitarian crisis in the making, at the same time dealing with a bloated government bureaucracy and the blatant corruption of the Indian Peace Keeping Forces.Sami who is unhappy with his boring life in a refugee camp, worries about his sister who misses their mother still trapped in the embattled city of Jaffna. He agrees to go secretly to the north on a mission for the government hoping to get some news about his family. The mission takes on a new urgency as he races to rescue a young woman he thought was dead.