by Roushan Patel
The truth will not set you free. It will consume you." Aryan’s life was simple until it started to glitch. After his grandfather’s mysterious death, a sudden debt waiver brought a sense of peace that felt too perfect to be real. But when his memories begin to delete themselves right off his laptop screen, Aryan realizes his entire world is a carefully crafted lie. Guided by the distorted voice of 'Iris' and haunted by a duplicate of himself, Aryan must uncover the secrets buried beneath a half-ruined Shiva Temple. What is Project Shunya? Is the village a sanctuary or a digital prison? In a world where ancient faith meets cold, cosmic technology, Aryan is about to discover that his real mother is waiting beyond the simulation—but the price of reaching her might be reality itself.
