The Chaos Algorithm

Kabir Sharma is not a psychic. He is something far more dangerous: a Calculator. To the outside world, Kabir is just a quiet, exhausted accountant navigating the chaotic traffic of Delhi. But inside his head, a storm never stops. Diagnosed with "Hyper-Processing Disorder," his brain unconsciously analyzes every sensory detail—the vibration of a metro rail, the micro-expressions of a liar, the structural stress in a concrete pillar. He doesn't see the future; he calculates the inevitable consequences of the present. Desperate for silence, Kabir takes a mundane job at Aura Corp, a gleaming fintech giant in a high-rise Gurugram tower. It was supposed to be a safe haven of spreadsheets and air-conditioning. But on his first day, the numbers don't add up. During a routine meeting, Kabir is hit with a terrifying vision: The building is burning. The glass is shattering. Everyone is dead. There is no smoke. There is no fire. But Kabir's subconscious has noticed a pattern that no one else can see—a "glitch" in the corporate perfection. A drop of condensation where it shouldn't be. A flicker in the server lights. A vibration in the walls that matches the frequency of a bomb. With only seven days before his prediction becomes reality, Kabir must race against time to find the source. But he isn't just fighting a arsonist or a corrupt CEO. He is up against a shadow—an invisible enemy that lives in the wires, manipulates the city's power grid, and plays human lives like pawns on a chessboard.