Uzma, our primary female character, doesn’t want anything to do with Aman’s “Indian Justice League.” She wants a normal life – or as much of a normal life as someone pursuing a Bollywood career can have. And that’s not just because they might have a stupid, useless, or creepy one.
Not everyone is enthusiastic about their abilities. It’s one of the books strongest points, because it allows us to really relate to all of the characters, even some of the villains, and lends the story some realism. We meet a couple of other characters before Aman, and the narrative switches back and forth from multiple points of view. Aman’s not the only one who’s figured out what’s going on, and he and the others are being targeted.įor all that Aman is the central character in the story, the novel itself doesn’t revolve around him. His plans are given sudden urgency when he discovers that passengers on the plan have started disappearing, some of them later turning up dead. He’s the ultimate hacker, and he’s one of the first ones to put together the pieces of his power and realize that everyone on the plane is affected.Īman is a self-professed nerd, so once he figures out what’s going on, his first thought is to assemble a Justice-League-style group of superheroes. He’s been gifted with an ability that he at first thinks is second-string, but turns out to be a lot more powerful than he initially realizes: he can control the Internet with his brain.
Turbulence is ostensibly about Aman Sen, one of the passengers on the plane. But Basu carries off an exciting, entertaining story that has some new things to offer. It’s a setup that’s common enough nowadays, given the superpower-saturated market. Not everyone is happy with their “gift,” and not just because some people’s powers aren’t that great.
How this happened is never explained, nor do we meet everyone affected. In Turbulence by Samit Basu, all of the passengers on a flight from London to Delhi are given superpowers.
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