root-book

A catastrophic meltdown at a Texas thorium plant sets it all in motion—the Cascade, a freakish chain of disasters that, let’s be honest, no one saw coming. Six years ago, Alex Hartman, a brilliant scientist who still can’t shake the loss of his wife under the strangest circumstances, teams up with an enigmatic investor named Vivek (don’t ask—he’s got his own secrets). Together, they build a next-level quantum computer called AlephNull, inspired by the way our own minds hum along, until it spits out a truth that’ll make you want to close your eyes: the Cascade isn’t random, and luck is a weapon. Something called the Great Enforcer—somehow both ancient and unsettlingly modern—is calling the shots, setting disasters loose like a cosmic game of dominoes. Now Hartman, Vivek, and their team find themselves racing against a ticking clock, desperate to crack the Enforcer’s motives. They need a weapon—something with enough punch to push back against this devastating force. As they dig deeper into quantum weirdness, they stumble into a conspiracy that’s so old it practically predates stardust, and it might just rewrite everything we’ve ever taken for granted.