Four hundred years of history are about to end in thirty-six hours of fire.

Goa, 1955. For architect Mateus Almeida, the world is one of ordered beauty, defined by the elegant Baroque churches and tranquil lifestyle of Portugal's last outpost in India. His loyalty is to his family and his art, and he remains willfully blind to the rising tide of Indian nationalism-until a peaceful protest ends in a massacre, and his best friend, Ravi, is left for dead and dragged to the notorious Fort Aguada prison.

Consumed by guilt, Mateus is drawn into the shadows of the resistance. To save Ravi, he must become a traitor, using his unique access to steal the architectural plans of military bridges and fortifications for a shadowy freedom fighter group. Every step he takes is a betrayal of his father, a high-ranking official in the Portuguese administration, and pushes him deeper into a conspiracy he can't control.

Across the border, Captain Vikram Singh of the Indian Army, operating under deep cover, expertly manipulates the growing unrest, paving the way for a full-scale invasion. In Lisbon, the unbending autocrat Salazar issues a stark command to his most fanatical officer, Major Duarte Silva: fight to the last man and burn the cities to the ground before surrendering them. There will be no retreat. There will be no surrender.

Based on the explosive true story of the 1961 annexation of Goa, The Last Domino is a sweeping historical epic of espionage, friendship, and divided loyalties. As the Indian Army launches Operation Vijay, the lives of these three men will collide in a storm of violence that will not only decide the fate of a nation but will force a generation to answer the most difficult question of all: What does it mean to be free?