Kogon Plan is a thrilling novel which gives an idea about the conduct of secret operations by the spy agencies. Although it is a novel but it gives an image of being a reality based story. It shows that how bravely and professionally the soldiers manoeuvre their activities when they are on secret missions. Their job involves most of the time a great deal of threat and risk to their life but they render it with devotion and patriotism. Operating against terrorist organisations is even a bigger peril which the spy agents have to undertake for the safety of their country.
The plot of the Novel Kogon Plan is post 9/11 era, when Pakistan was hit with a wave of terrorism for its joining hands with America in its war on terror. Pakistan’s secret agent Sahel Farhaj who belongs to National Security Bureau chases a notorious terrorist Ramzak Bilal to seize him. He works with his team and each member of it has been shown to be prepared to undertake every risk to get hold of that notorious and dangerous terrorist. Ramzak Bilal is shown to be a very clever guy who gets out of every trap which is set for him by the spy agency. He keeps sneaking out of the hands of the agents despite their team effort to get hold of him. The mission to capture him has been named as dark room operation. Even after a long pursuit of the wanted terrorist the operation fails and Ramzak Bilal escapes from the hands of the spy agents. The novel also shows the life style which the spy agents are forced to pass. They have been shown to have no choice in their life but to pull on with it the way they get it. Sahel Farhaj gets injured during the operation and is brought back to Pakistan in the same position. Sahel, when brought back is admitted in a military hospital where he falls in love with a nurse. Sahel marries that nurse and in this way the novel contains a typical touch of a love story into it.
The book creates a twist when the role shifts. The members of spy agency who were earlier spying Ramzak Bilal then get under his monitoring and one by one start becoming his victims. This aspect of the book reveals that the terrorist organisations operate in a very well organised manner and they have their connections all over the world and operate through a wide network. Sahel Farhaj once again tries to chase his prey but he has not been shown to be successful in his efforts till end.
Overall it’s a thrilling novel which can catch the interest of the reader to quickly know about the outcome of the story. Although the novel resolves all the mysteries involved into it but it ends with a big suspense for the reader, where Ramzak Bilal and Sahel Farhaj are shown to have come across each other and indulge into a physical combat. The unfinished story of the novel puts the reader into a curiosity to know about its end and one can expect the second part of the novel to come on scene soon.