Stories of Trust, Deception and Human Nature.
Through novels, real-world case studies, essays, and conversations, Nitish Bhushan explores how technology changes what we trust, and what happens when that trust is exploited.
Enter the LSBVerse
The LSBVerse expands from intimate deception to institutional conflict and, ultimately, international competition.
One swipe. One secret. One ruthless game of love, longing and betrayal.
Love Swipe Blackmail
A dating app,a private temptation, and a digital trail that turns intimate trust into a weapon.
Technology: Dating apps and digital footprints
Human fault lines: Desire, secrecy and loyalty
The stakes: Intimate
Sweet seduction of love. Blind swipe of trust. Deadly shadow of Blackmail
Shadow Play: Love & Blackmail
Cyber breaches destroy careers; and reveal a larger game of revenge, deception and contested loyalties.
Technology: Cyber breaches and digital deception
Human fault lines: Grievance, reputation and partnership
The stakes: Inter-corporate and national
Sweet seduction of love. Blind swipe of trust. Deadly shadow of Blackmail
One swipe. One secret. One ruthless game of love, longing and betrayal.
In Development
AI enters a geopolitical contest in which influence, control and human choice may prove more consequential than technological superiority.
Technology: Artificial intelligence and strategic technology
Human fault lines: Trust, manipulation and agency
The stakes: International
Praise for LSBVerse
From intimate relationships and familiar friendships to cyber deception and larger stakes, readers have responded to the pace, accessibility and human conflicts at the heart of the LSBVerse.
Where Should You Begin?
New to the LSBVerse?
Begin with Love Swipe Blackmail, a fast-paced thriller in which one impulsive swipe leaves a digital trail that threatens a relationship and draws an entire circle of friends into a dangerous game.
Already Read Love Swipe Blackmail?
Continue with Shadow Play. The relationships return, but the conflict expands from private secrets to cyber breaches, ruined careers and national stakes.
Already Read Shadow Play: Love And Blackmail?
The game is growing larger. Book Three will take the LSBVerse into AI, geopolitical competition and a struggle over who, or what, remains in control.
Enter Nitish’s World
From intimate relationships and familiar friendships to cyber deception and larger stakes, readers have responded to the pace, accessibility and human conflicts at the heart of the LSBVerse.
Technology, Trust & Power
Real cases and essays on romance scams, sextortion, insider betrayal, reputation attacks, AI manipulation, corporate espionage and geopolitical technology.
Featured Article: Why Some Cyberattacks Aim to Ruin Careers, Not Steal Data
Behind the LSBVerse
Character origins, research notes, deleted scenes, location stories, questions raised by the books and the process of developing Book Three.
Featured Article: Is Love Swipe Blackmail a Work of Fact or Fiction?
Books, History & Strategy
Your writing about consequential nonfiction, military history, economics, chokepoints, semiconductors, intelligence and India’s strategic environment.
Featured Article: How Many Books Are Sold and Read in the World’s Biggest Markets?
Meet Nitish Bhushan
“I write thrillers that blend technology, relationships and moral dilemmas. When I’m not writing, I explore the stories hidden in everyday life. Stories that make us think, laugh or question the world around us.”
Nitish Bhushan has worked in and around the Information Technology industry since 2001. After living and working in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chandigarh, he is now based in Gurugram. He is also the founder of Trueval Partners, a brand, marketing and communications firm.
With Anecdote Publishing House, he is building the LSBVerse, an expanding fictional universe that began with Love Swipe Blackmail and continued with Shadow Play: Love And Blackmail.
His novels and essays explore technology, trust, deception, reputation, power and the human choices beneath them.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nitish Bhushan writes fast-paced Indian thrillers about technology, relationships, trust and power. His stories examine how ordinary human vulnerabilities, desire, secrecy, grievance, ambition and loyalty, can become dangerous when amplified by digital systems.
The LSBVerse, or Love Swipe Blackmail Universe, is the expanding fictional world that began with Love Swipe Blackmail. Its characters and conflicts continue in Shadow Play: Love and Blackmail, while a third novel is currently in development.
Begin with Love Swipe Blackmail, followed by Shadow Play: Love and Blackmail. The second book expands the story and revisits important characters and relationships from Book One.
They combine elements of both, although the balance changes as the LSBVerse expands. Love Swipe Blackmail begins with relationships, dating apps and intimate blackmail. Shadow Play moves into cyber breaches, corporate deception and national stakes. Book Three will explore AI and geopolitical competition.
The stories and characters are fictional. However, they draw upon recognisable human behaviour and real technological vulnerabilities. The situations may feel familiar because the choices, temptations, grievances and relationships beneath them are grounded in life.
It is the sequel to Love Swipe Blackmail. New readers can understand its central conflict, but reading Book One first provides important context for the characters, relationships and consequences that continue into Shadow Play.
Book Three is currently in development. It will expand the LSBVerse into the world of artificial intelligence, India–China technological competition, geopolitical influence and the struggle to preserve human choice in systems increasingly shaped by intelligent machines.
Purchase links and available formats are provided on the individual page for each book. They are also available in Leading Bookstores in India.
Yes. His essays and conversations explore technology, cyber deception, human behaviour, reputation, strategic competition, books, history and the stories behind his novels.
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