"A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

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Part one: January 2018. Why Gauri? -- The Lingayat question -- The undeclared emergency -- Throwing muck -- The pattern -- The eternal organization -- Swalpa Adjust Maadi -- Ravana -- Lankesh Patrike -- Interlude: Doubting Thomas -- Part two: July 2018. Days in the underworld -- The Ayodhya of the south -- Leech treatment -- Gauri Lankesh Patrike -- Path of justice -- Bomb blasts near Mumbai -- The barefoot advocate -- The lists -- Interlude: The world's longest dosa -- Part three: 2019-2024. The kingdom of absolute truth -- New India -- The nameless group -- Take this freedom -- Electoral autocracy -- The trial -- Last days.