“The bad blood in his veins had flown out and the tears which had welled up in him all this time, had come out. He was a new man now, fresh blood as if his system had been flushed off all the negativity….”The last lines of the novel very well indicate the rationale of the novel “The Final Awakening ” The author does a very neat job of leading all characters to a denouement, life takes a full circle for all five of them.

Ashish Mohan’s short, action packed novel “The Final Awakening” is based on life, love, lust, loss, and redemption. The narrative style of the novel is racy, and down to earth. The author has a heightened sense of imagery and does a wonderful job with simple English. All through the novel the reader cannot help but visualize Arjun, Nisha, Sanjay, Anuj , Richa and their lives unfolding before their eyes- they are real people, no fantasies or imaginations.

The short and compact nature of the story should go down well with today’s generation, which does not have the time or inclination for long narrations. The story has all it needs to capture the minds of young intellectuals – love, lust, action, emotion and surprise.

A very realistic and interesting description of characters so different in nature, yet part of a single story line- This novel should make an interesting read, worth spending sometime!