What if the world?s most dangerous knowledge was never lost?only hidden by Ashoka himself? When freelance reporter Dravin receives a mystifying directive from a source who is dead within hours, he dismisses it as an erratic impulse, until he decides to follow it. Involuntarily, he gets sucked into a labyrinth of coded texts tied to a forbidden legacy: a sealed chamber, a university reduced to ash, and an imperial secret meant to vanish with time. Then the killings begin. As those connected to the file start turning up dead, Dravin realises this isn?t a story?it?s a race. Someone else is decoding the same trail, eliminating anyone who gets too close. And now, he?s next. Guided by a cryptic astrologer, Dravin follows a trail from the edicts of Ashoka to a hidden network sworn to protect knowledge powerful enough to rewrite history?and destabilise nations. Every clue pulls him deeper. Every answer comes at a cost. Because this time, the truth isn?t buried. It?s waiting. And the countdown has already begun.