Description
The Depth of You: Seen From Afar is a slow‑burn, rivals‑to‑lovers campus romance about two people who keep their distance—until distance becomes the problem. Arjun Varma wins arguments the way some people breathe; Ananya Rao builds fortresses out of standards and silence—and neither plans to surrender first. When a public wager forces collaboration, barbed debates turn into late‑night proofs, and the view from “far” starts showing things up close: ambition without kindness, brilliance without joy, and a man learning that worth is something done, not performed. With faculty politics, found family, and an apology that costs as much as the kiss, this is a character‑driven love story where consent is non‑negotiable and the grand gesture is growth.
Balaji Muthukumar writes high-velocity, high-heart fiction that lives where tenderness meets danger—intimate love stories set inside big, propulsive worlds. His novels range from slow-burn campus rivalries and social intrigue to near-future sci‑fi epics and multi-verse romances, but they all share the same DNA: fierce women, flawed men learning to be worthy, found family under pressure, and vows that cost something to keep.
A lifelong architect of character and consequence, Balaji builds narratives like engineered bridges—elegant, load‑bearing, and built to make readers feel the drop in their stomach and still take the step. His work blends lyrical prose with thriller pacing, weaving themes of redemption, moral courage, and love that chooses responsibility over performance. Expect sharp dialogue, cinematic set‑pieces, and endings that feel inevitable in the best way—earned, not granted.
Off the page, he is an obsessive craft nerd, equal parts structure and soul, who believes stories should leave readers braver than they arrived. When not drafting at unreasonable hours, he’s collecting first lines, walking off last chapters, and perfecting the long, quiet look between two people who finally tell the truth.
If you love emotionally intelligent romance threaded through big stakes—professors with secrets, kings without crowns, rebels with kinder weapons, and universes held together by a promise—Balaji’s books will keep the lamp on and the pages turning.