The Trail of a Songbird
A scandal erupts on campus, and Arjun finds himself at the centre of it all—despised, isolated, and desperate to escape. When an Instagram stranger named Birdie suggests a mountain trek as a path to recovery, he accepts without hesitation. What unfolds is far stranger than he anticipated. Birdie communicates only through cryptic letters and the occasional direct message, remaining perpetually out of reach. Yet as Arjun climbs higher through dense forests and remote valleys, he discovers he's not alone. A band of fellow trekkers join him, each carrying invisible wounds of their own. Among them walks Anjali, the very person he'd admired from afar back at university. The mountains work slowly, quietly reshaping those who wander them. Arjun feels the shift happening within himself and his companions. Still, mystery lingers at every turn. What's Birdie's true identity? Will they ever meet face to face? And when the trail branches into two directions, which path will he take: towards Anjali, tangible and real beside him, or towards Birdie, the phantom confidant who arrived when everyone else vanished? This debut novel explores connection, redemption and the often messy process of piecing yourself back together. It's a story about discovering that sometimes healing arrives from unexpected directions, and that the people we're meant to find often surprise us.
- Author: Jayesh Bhaware
- Publisher: Westland
- Genre: Romance
- ISBN: 978-9371978880
- Pages: 350 pages