This is story of our ELEVENTH PRESIDENT Dr. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM born in 1931 the son of little educated boatowner in Rameswaram, Tamil nadu who was the chief scientist of defence research and devlopment programme . The book tell his personal and professional struggle as well as the story of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul and Nag - missiles that have become household names in India and that have raised the nation to the level of a missile power of international reckoning .He describes the role of visionary Indian scientist, such as Dr Vikram sarabhai and of creation of a coordinated network of research institutes.