Publisher's Synopsis
Book Summary
Casper Dictum is a forensic thriller that blurs the boundary between life, death, and deception.
When the decomposed body of a man believed to have died years ago is discovered in a remote grave, Dr. Isha Khanna-a brilliant forensic pathologist-is pulled into a chilling mystery that challenges everything she knows about death. The body bears the name of Leo Casper, a cybernetics expert declared dead in a fire. But new forensic clues suggest otherwise: someone staged the grave, tampered with decay, and may be orchestrating a larger, darker plan.
As Isha and Detective Rowan Price follow a breadcrumb trail of manipulated autopsies, vanishing whistleblowers, and forensic anomalies, they uncover the remnants of a controversial secret project known as the Dictum Initiative-an experiment that blurred ethics, erased identities, and weaponized death itself. Casper, its most radical voice, is either dead, resurrected, or playing the most elaborate deception ever executed.
From the tropical jungles of South Asia to shadowy think tanks in Europe, Casper Dictum explores how death can be forged, truth manufactured, and science twisted into something terrifyingly theatrical. Each body Isha examines deepens the mystery. Each clue suggests a system-wide vulnerability in how society defines reality.
At the heart of it all lies a question no forensic manual can answer:
If the science of death can be manipulated... can anyone be truly dead?
Taut, intelligent, and unsettling, Casper Dictum is a psychological thriller rooted in real forensic science. It's a novel for readers who crave gripping suspense, ethical quandaries, and a protagonist who must confront the limits of her own discipline in the pursuit of truth.
