Every fighter has scars. But not all of them are visible.Some are stitched behind smiles.Some ache in the silence between words.And some—some are carried in the way a man walks into a room full of people who never knew what it took for him to stan...

Every fighter has scars. But not all of them are visible.Some are stitched behind smiles.Some ache in the silence between words.And some—some are carried in the way a man walks into a room full of people who never knew what it took for him to stand.Victory… At Which Cost? is not a story about sports.It’s a story about survival. About standing upright when the world has taught you only how to fall. About the weight of love, duty, silence, and dreams that dare to exist inside leaking roofs and empty pockets.He never asked to win. Only not to be forgotten.In a country where success is often measured in medals and applause, this novel turns the spotlight inward—to the emotional toll of endurance, the quiet trauma of masculinity, the isolation hidden in public celebration. Told with searing tenderness and razor-sharp realism, it travels through forgotten fields, suffocating classrooms, and arenas that don’t just test strength—they demand the sacrifice of identity.It is a book about fists, yes. But more importantly—it is about the hands that held him before he learned to fight.“He was taught to climb ropes before he could spell ambition.Taught to bleed before he could cry.Taught to fight—before he could ask why.”Victory… At Which Cost? explores the cost of becoming someone in a world that insists you are no one. It’s about the quiet wars we fight inside our own homes, about the rage that becomes rhythm, and the pain that becomes purpose.It will not give you answers.It may not even comfort you.But it will leave you asking:If everything must be sacrificed to win—was it really victory?For the readers who no longer believe in heroes but still believe in the human spirit…This is your story.