Shab e Inteqam by Novelist Aniqa

About this novel

Shab e Inteqam (Urdu: شبِ انتقام) by Novelist Aniqa is a complete Urdu action novel about Shahvez, a young man hunting a powerful criminal. His target is Parvez Khan, and Shahvez soon learns that force alone will not be enough to bring him down.

The opening scene is dark and tense. In an empty room with only a few small holes in the walls letting in cold air, a man named Imran sits tied to a chair. When the door opens he barely manages to lift his eyes: a young man in a black shirt and blue jeans walks in, a black handkerchief tied over his face. This is Shahvez, and he wants just one answer – where is the man Imran works for? Imran insists he doesn’t know. Nobody does, he says; the man has no fixed hideout and never tells anyone where he’ll be.

Shahvez doesn’t believe him, and his anger only grows until his friend Ali Shah comes running in and pulls him out. They have already pushed this man to his limit, Ali argues; if Imran knew anything, he would have said it. Shahvez is frustrated – the man they’re after hides like a rat in a hole and gets all his work done through his followers, so how will they ever bring him out?

طاقت سے نہیں، ضمیر جگا کر — یہ تھا سر احمد کا مشورہ۔

Ali suggests they talk to Sir Ahmad, who always gives good advice, and at eleven that night Shahvez is at his door. Sir Ahmad listens and then surprises him. Beating a man affects his body, he says, not his conscience – and Imran’s zameer has gone to sleep after years of wrongdoing. Instead of punishing him, show him a little kindness, make him feel he is a human being and not someone’s puppet. Once he realises that, bring him onto your side against Parvez Khan; Imran could turn out to be the key to everything.

Novelist Aniqa sets up a revenge story with suspense, loyalty and a moral question at its heart: can an enemy’s man be won over with humanity? Readers who enjoy action-thriller Urdu novels with a strong, angry hero and a wise mentor will find a gripping start here.

You can read Shab e Inteqam online here or download the complete PDF for free. You may also like Muntazir E Saza by Munaza Mirza and Wo Jo Qaraz Rakhty Thy Jaan Par by Imran Liaqat, or browse more Urdu novels on the site.