Leadstart Publishing: 366 books

A plane crash finds Damo, an oilman, recuperating in a Lagos hospital while the state oil regulator goes missing. Damo’s hard-driving boss, Joanne, wheels and deals to get a prized oil block. While convalescing, Damo meets Adaeke, an intriguing American journalist, who is scarred by her past. Damo,...

Everyone in this world has to wait; be it waiting in a physical sense or be it waiting in a philosophical form. Waiting often results in remorse about the unchangeable past or anxiety about the indefinite future. While waiting can be all this, it can also be a silent, carefree dialogue with the self,...

Angelic Beats is the story of a boy in his late teens who falls in love with a married woman. Both defy their ages; the woman for her looks and innocence and the boy for his confidence and clarity in life along with integrity. The journey of the boy for his passion also becomes journey of love for both...

Humans make mistakes...but Malini is a magnet for error. Since moving to Mumbai, her life has turned into a roller coaster - and not all exciting. Along her path of trial and error, young Malini will meet tragedy, chaos, adventure and possibly the man of her dreams. She learns one can't always judge...

Karan, a very shy and an average-looking guy, falls in love withan angelic beauty,Ziya. With Ziya as an inspiration in his life, he discovers the writer in himself.Karan writes letters based on his ongoing life and his experiences with Ziya, and he sends each of these letters to her after he completes...

Resonance - We often use the term, “frequency matching” in our daily life to define compatibility. Our frequency does not match, we do not get along? We are not in sync? We are not on the same page etc? When people of similar frequencies (wavelengths or within the same range) come together output...

Many a times, it so happens in life that nobody is wrong. Nobody’s intention is wrong for anybody. Yet everybody is unhappy. The entire environment gets filled with frustration and negativity. It’s ok until this point. Yet as things continue, to see each other happy, one of them becomes bad in the...

Confessions of an MBA exposes contradictions in today’s real world where society demands hard choices but where even when one’s cup runneth over, it still fails to quench the inner thirst. The eight stories here give an unparalleled depth to this yearning of a new generation of Indians. Meet Gautam,...

Rules are made to keep integrity of a game but Dark White finds the loopholes.Karma is decided as one fights inner fears. These fears provoke minds to overtake the reason to exist and turn basics of the game. Neelakshi Thakur fears of becoming an average housewife, and becomes the owner of a PR Company....

An exciting romance set in the hi-finance world where ambitions and power games do not give ethics a chance. The interests of the clients are trampled upon, legally, in pursuit of individual goals. The story starts 15 years back in a Bangalore B-School campus, when Avni meets Sid. Sparks fly and friendship...

After having recurring dreams, a man considers retracing Lord Hanuman's epic journey from India to Sri Lanka. While rationality argues against the pursuit, the dream appeals to something deeper and he sets out with two friends on a 1200 kilometre trek across South India. The journey however, doesn't...

Kerala is one of the most sought after travel destinations in the world, but surprisingly few travelogues exist on Kerala, and evenless on rail travel in the state. In this unique travel story, the magic of train travel combines with the beauty of the landwhile capturing a wide and varied cast of characters...

Chess is a game of wits that calls for strategy, tactics and intuition. The game has a long history spanning several centuries and has been played the world over for it develops strategic thinking and tactical planning skills. Chess is intellectually stimulating and challenging - and offers limitless...

This is the story of two unbranded persons in this so-called branded generation. It is an unforgettable story about the essentials of humankind, the real brands which make a person pure and willing to listen to his inner voice. Here, in this story, we chronicle the love story that Rishi and Kavya share, and their journey towards their dramatic destiny.