Fiza’s review of The Strains of Malice (The Nessemiah, #1) > Likes and Comments
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Fiza, thank you so much for your eloquent and deeply considered review of The Strains of Malice. You have genuinely just given me one of the best moments of my life, reading such an endorsement - an endorsement which somehow captures everything that I was trying to achieve. I don't mind admitting either that I shed a tear or two in reading your review :-). Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Andrew wrote: "Fiza, thank you so much for your eloquent and deeply considered review of The Strains of Malice. You have genuinely just given me one of the best moments of my life, reading such an endorsement - a..."
Oh, shucks, Andrew - you are too intelligent, hot & handsome to be crying!!! Not to mention an awesome debut writer for the world to watch out for! It was a sheer pleasure to read & review your awesomesauce book & to support your craft - & this series till the very end. BECAUSE I NEED THAT MAGNUS for some very strange reason! As I mentioned in the review above, I seem to be more attracted to the villains of novels than the heroes or positive protagonists. And I have reviewed this novel of yours - this winner of a novel on Amazon.in already, just waiting for them to accept it & then onto Fable & StoryGraph.
We need to do several interviews together on my literary blogs & my website teaching portfolio for PGCITE Andrew - you are a genius & we need to get your talent out there pronto! Let me know if you are up for two interviews next week or by this weekend. DM me freely & happily on my email address pathan.fiza@gmail.com or text me a message on WhatsApp at 9820763499 (don't forget the India code at the beginning) whenever you are free to select your days or to discuss further about the interviews. I admire you Andrew & respect you as a writer - you are really amazing! Don't fail my faith in you, buddy! Also getting the second part of your epic series tonight after I return home from Church! Awesome Andrew - Awesome - let us work together to promote your stuff always! And no crying - hot dudes don't cry! They make people swoon - full stop! ;) :D <3 God be with you always! <3 :D
Hi Fiza. Such kind words again, thank you. In case you missed it, I decided to reply by email yesterday as there is so much to address! Can switch to WhatsApp though, if you prefer?
Andrew wrote: "Hi Fiza. Such kind words again, thank you. In case you missed it, I decided to reply by email yesterday as there is so much to address! Can switch to WhatsApp though, if you prefer?"
Absolutely, Andrew - feel more than free to WhatsApp me if I have not replied to your email yet. But do forgive my temporary lapses in correspondence - I am suffering from a terrible bout of Chikungunya Fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease (like Malaria & Dengue). This is the 2nd time I getting this disease in less than 8 months time, & I am not the only one - everyone in the city of Mumbai is currently down with it all of a sudden. Jaundice, Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya & chronic Viral Fever are at an all-time high in Mumbai, India right now. It is because of our polluted water - the authorities are apparently looking into it as we speak. Which technically means that there is no solution to it LOL!
Heat strokes have also started with summer setting in with average temperatures of nothing less than 45 degrees Celsius, that is 113 degrees Fahrenheit. A heatwave has not yet been declared in the city of Mumbai, India, because of the ongoing war.
One of my office staff members daughters missed her school exams because of jaundice & a heat-stroke as she was walking towards school for the exam. She was still having jaundice while doing so which aggravated the situation, but she did not want to miss her exams. She is a top-ranker & did not want to not win her prizes during the annual day. She is weeping torrents right now because she can't give the rest of her exams - we are comforting her - she is from a really poor family - Dalit, lower caste. You by now know about it thanks to 'Caste Metal'.
Her grandfather was a Manual Scavenger in Mumbai (Legally defined as a person employed to manually clean, carry, or dispose of human excreta from 'insanitary latrines' open drains, pits, or railway tracks) but thankfully he stopped doing that post 2013 when the practice was declared illegal in Mumbai. Now he is still working as a Safai Karamchari (A broader Hindi term (literally 'sanitation worker') that includes anyone employed for sanitation work, such as street sweepers and waste pickers, as well as those cleaning sewers and septic tanks). He has worked & educated his whole family like this & now his kids (girls & boys) are like you working in the IT sector, are software engineers, working as criminal lawyers, corporate lawyers, bankers & the son with me is working as one of my auditors & as a notary. This son has two girls - they want to become Data Scientists like me or ML (Machine Learning) Engineers & AI experts or gear towards Robotics. But the grandfather is still working hard & overtime as a Safai Karamchari - he is right at this moment in this blazing heat of currently 47 degrees Celsius, cleaning a septic tank (A septic tank is an underground, watertight chamber used to collect and partially treat domestic wastewater (sewage) through processes like settling and anaerobic digestion) outside Mumbai.
A life of one super-hard-working Dalit family. They are Buddhists. I don't know why I am telling you all this - probably because I was always a topper myself & still am - so I know how it feels to lose your rank over things you cannot control. Pray for us in Mumbai, India. :) :D :D Pray that the war may end! <3 :) :D
Wow, I am sad and humbled in equal measures. I hope you will start feeling better soon and your colleague's daughter gets a second chance with her school exams. I will pray for Mumbai - and that all wars end.
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Mar 10, 2026 02:44AM
Fiza, thank you so much for your eloquent and deeply considered review of The Strains of Malice. You have genuinely just given me one of the best moments of my life, reading such an endorsement - an endorsement which somehow captures everything that I was trying to achieve. I don't mind admitting either that I shed a tear or two in reading your review :-). Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Andrew wrote: "Fiza, thank you so much for your eloquent and deeply considered review of The Strains of Malice. You have genuinely just given me one of the best moments of my life, reading such an endorsement - a..."Oh, shucks, Andrew - you are too intelligent, hot & handsome to be crying!!! Not to mention an awesome debut writer for the world to watch out for! It was a sheer pleasure to read & review your awesomesauce book & to support your craft - & this series till the very end. BECAUSE I NEED THAT MAGNUS for some very strange reason! As I mentioned in the review above, I seem to be more attracted to the villains of novels than the heroes or positive protagonists. And I have reviewed this novel of yours - this winner of a novel on Amazon.in already, just waiting for them to accept it & then onto Fable & StoryGraph.
We need to do several interviews together on my literary blogs & my website teaching portfolio for PGCITE Andrew - you are a genius & we need to get your talent out there pronto! Let me know if you are up for two interviews next week or by this weekend. DM me freely & happily on my email address pathan.fiza@gmail.com or text me a message on WhatsApp at 9820763499 (don't forget the India code at the beginning) whenever you are free to select your days or to discuss further about the interviews. I admire you Andrew & respect you as a writer - you are really amazing! Don't fail my faith in you, buddy! Also getting the second part of your epic series tonight after I return home from Church! Awesome Andrew - Awesome - let us work together to promote your stuff always! And no crying - hot dudes don't cry! They make people swoon - full stop! ;) :D <3 God be with you always! <3 :D
Hi Fiza. Such kind words again, thank you. In case you missed it, I decided to reply by email yesterday as there is so much to address! Can switch to WhatsApp though, if you prefer?
Andrew wrote: "Hi Fiza. Such kind words again, thank you. In case you missed it, I decided to reply by email yesterday as there is so much to address! Can switch to WhatsApp though, if you prefer?"Absolutely, Andrew - feel more than free to WhatsApp me if I have not replied to your email yet. But do forgive my temporary lapses in correspondence - I am suffering from a terrible bout of Chikungunya Fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease (like Malaria & Dengue). This is the 2nd time I getting this disease in less than 8 months time, & I am not the only one - everyone in the city of Mumbai is currently down with it all of a sudden. Jaundice, Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya & chronic Viral Fever are at an all-time high in Mumbai, India right now. It is because of our polluted water - the authorities are apparently looking into it as we speak. Which technically means that there is no solution to it LOL!
Heat strokes have also started with summer setting in with average temperatures of nothing less than 45 degrees Celsius, that is 113 degrees Fahrenheit. A heatwave has not yet been declared in the city of Mumbai, India, because of the ongoing war.
One of my office staff members daughters missed her school exams because of jaundice & a heat-stroke as she was walking towards school for the exam. She was still having jaundice while doing so which aggravated the situation, but she did not want to miss her exams. She is a top-ranker & did not want to not win her prizes during the annual day. She is weeping torrents right now because she can't give the rest of her exams - we are comforting her - she is from a really poor family - Dalit, lower caste. You by now know about it thanks to 'Caste Metal'.
Her grandfather was a Manual Scavenger in Mumbai (Legally defined as a person employed to manually clean, carry, or dispose of human excreta from 'insanitary latrines' open drains, pits, or railway tracks) but thankfully he stopped doing that post 2013 when the practice was declared illegal in Mumbai. Now he is still working as a Safai Karamchari (A broader Hindi term (literally 'sanitation worker') that includes anyone employed for sanitation work, such as street sweepers and waste pickers, as well as those cleaning sewers and septic tanks). He has worked & educated his whole family like this & now his kids (girls & boys) are like you working in the IT sector, are software engineers, working as criminal lawyers, corporate lawyers, bankers & the son with me is working as one of my auditors & as a notary. This son has two girls - they want to become Data Scientists like me or ML (Machine Learning) Engineers & AI experts or gear towards Robotics. But the grandfather is still working hard & overtime as a Safai Karamchari - he is right at this moment in this blazing heat of currently 47 degrees Celsius, cleaning a septic tank (A septic tank is an underground, watertight chamber used to collect and partially treat domestic wastewater (sewage) through processes like settling and anaerobic digestion) outside Mumbai.
A life of one super-hard-working Dalit family. They are Buddhists. I don't know why I am telling you all this - probably because I was always a topper myself & still am - so I know how it feels to lose your rank over things you cannot control. Pray for us in Mumbai, India. :) :D :D Pray that the war may end! <3 :) :D
Wow, I am sad and humbled in equal measures. I hope you will start feeling better soon and your colleague's daughter gets a second chance with her school exams. I will pray for Mumbai - and that all wars end.
