Betrayal reshaped a kingdom - and gave birth to an empire.

In the summer of 1757, Bengal – jewel of the East – stands on a precipice. The East India Company, once mere merchants, now manoeuvre to unseat a dynasty. The fiery young Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah is hemmed in by betrayal. Around him, a banker pulls the strings behind the throne. A nobleman, torn between loyalty and survival, makes a fateful choice. A Company soldier begins to doubt the masters he serves. And the son of an aristocrat finds himself at the head of a peasant revolt.

Their paths converge in a time of shifting power and rising rebellion, as the fury of a devastated land meets the appetite of foreign merchants. Every decision becomes a wager - and every betrayal, a reckoning.

A vivid portrait of ambition, audacity, betrayal and resistance, based on real events and grounded in meticulous research, The Traitor’s Bargain is a full-length historical novel of about 80,000 words. Its compact page count reflects a larger print format - not a shorter story - offering a focused, immersive journey through one of the most consequential turning points in Indian history.