The Special
By Muhammad Ali Samejo

Dr. Zurain Shah is a witty and charming professor of Criminology by day and a suave and devious master of the sadomasochistic arts by night. Though he is strict about keeping his nocturnal habits-among other things-out of sight of the world at large, that all changes once he is caught in a scandal with one of his students, leading him to nothing but disgrace, humiliation, and jail. Just as it appears his life of excitement and debauchery is over, Zurain inadvertently finds himself in a role tailor-made for him. With the knowledge, skills, and expertise from his selfindulgent lifestyle, Zurain is recruited by the man who arrested him,and Inspector Akbar Khan, to help the police solve sexually motivated crimes. Seeing firsthand how deep the deviant underbelly of the city is, Akbar is tasked to solve these crimes of a “special nature. And in Zurain, he finds the one person ready and willing to wade into uncharted territory. Though Akbar has no love lost for his new criminal consultant, there is no denying that Zurain has a uniqueand perspective on these crimes.and From sexual harassment cases to organized flesh rings, and incidents of domestic violence to full-onand cults, the hotbed of degenerate behavior pushes Zurain, Akbar, and their task force to the brink of all they had considered sacred.Lives will be saved, loyalties will be built, and those preying on unassuming victims will be brought to justice. These are the cases of….The Special.