Insanon Ki Duniya Main Haivan by Noor Malik

About this novel

Insanon Ki Duniya Main Haivan (Urdu: انسانوں کی دنیا میں حیوان) by Noor Malik is a complete Urdu thriller-romance about a hooded avenger. He calls himself a haivan, a beast, and has taken it upon himself to punish cruel people, until love complicates his mission.

The novel opens on a pitch-black, stormy night. Thick clouds cover the sky, thunder rolls and heavy rain pours over the Margalla hills, valleys and forest, and everyone has shut themselves inside their homes far from the hills. In the dark, a man in a hoodie stands over another man lying on the ground. Lightning flashes and shows that his face is hidden by the hood, his clothes stained, his hands washed slowly by the rain. The scene is violent – the attacker has shown no mercy – and when it is over he sits beside the lifeless body and explains himself: those in this world who are cruel to others and show no rehm have no place here, and creatures like him are born to finish such oppressors.

Then he walks off into the rain in search of the next zaalim. He believes that when evil reaches its peak it must be ended, and he has taken that job on himself. To the wrongdoers he is a merciless beast; to the people he protects, the writer says, he is like a farishta.

ظالموں کے لیے حیوان، مظلوموں کے لیے فرشتہ۔

The tone then changes completely. It’s June in Lahore, so hot that people feel their heads spinning. In Johar Town stands a beautiful, tastefully built house belonging to Siddiqui Sahib, who married his cousin Ayesha – a woman of good character and religious upbringing. Both husband and wife are kind and patient people, and Allah has blessed them with two daughters as lovely as pieces of the moon. Their peaceful family life sits in sharp contrast with the dark world of the opening.

Noor Malik combines mystery, vigilante justice and family drama. Readers should know the opening contains violence, though the focus is on the moral question of punishment and justice rather than detail. If you like suspense with a mysterious anti-hero, this is a gripping one.

You can read Insanon Ki Duniya Main Haivan online here or download the complete PDF for free. More by Noor Malik: Meri Zindagi Ho Tum, Ishq Mar Muqaya and Piya Ke Iqrar Rang Niraly, or see all Noor Malik novels.