Explore the LSBVerse
The LSBVerse began with one impulsive swipe and the private consequences it set in motion. It now expands into a larger world of cyber deception, damaged reputations, contested loyalties and conflicts that cross corporate and national boundaries.
Published by Anecdote Publishing House in 2021, Love Swipe Blackmail introduced Ravi, Vandana and a circle of friends drawn into a dangerous game of temptation, secrecy and blackmail.
Its sequel, Shadow Play: Love and Blackmail, was published and launched by Anecdote Publishing House on 14 January 2026. The relationships continue, but the stakes grow from intimate trust and digital footprints to cyber breaches, corporate revenge and national security. Expect no less when two masters from the hacking world join the fray opposite each other.
A third novel, centred on AI, India–China competition and human agency, is currently in development.
Love Swipe Blackmail
One swipe. One secret. One ruthless game.
Ravi has a loving partner, dependable friends and a promising future. Then one impulsive encounter with a dating app leaves behind a digital trail; and someone is prepared to use it.
What begins as a private temptation becomes a fast-paced game of blackmail, friendship and deception. But Ravi is not the only person carrying a secret, and the blackmailer is not the only one capable of changing the game.
Themes: Temptation, digital trust, secrecy, loyalty and friendship
The stakes: Intimate
Shadow Play: Love & Blackmail
Some cyberattacks steal data. Others are designed to destroy people.
When eerily similar cyber breaches cost Ravi and Raaj their careers, apparent negligence begins to look like a deliberate campaign.
The friendships and relationships introduced in Book One return, but the conflict expands into fake companies, digital honey traps, anonymous leaks and secrets hidden inside supposedly secure networks. As professional ruin becomes personal revenge, corporate deception begins crossing national boundaries.
Themes: Insider vulnerability, reputation, revenge, cyber deception and partnership
The stakes: Institutional
In Development
What happens when technology does not merely exploit our choices; but begins shaping them?
The third book will take the LSBVerse into the world of artificial intelligence, India–China technological competition and geopolitical influence.
As intelligent systems become instruments of power, the conflict will no longer be only about who possesses the better technology. It will be about who controls the information people receive, the decisions institutions make; and whether human beings can recognise when their choices are no longer entirely their own.
Themes: AI, influence, manipulation, strategic competition and human agency
The stakes: International