A razor-sharp, contemporary YA/adult crossover thriller set in mist-soaked Ooty, The Gargoyle’s Gaze follows scholarship writer Prince Joshua and iron-willed heiress Suganya Krishnan as they revive a banned student magazine and accidentally rip open a 20-year conspiracy binding two of South India’s most powerful families—and the school that protects them.

Across gothic corridors and gala boardrooms, a secret Reddit-style gossip account, a weaponized media club, and a string of “polite” corporate crimes, the duo wage a truth-first war that turns personal: their exposé about exploited campus staff snowballs into a systemic reckoning, unseating old kings and rewriting legacies.

When their reporting uncovers a sealed adoption and a buried love story between Suganya’s mother and Joshua’s father, their rival, Arjun Menon—the school’s untouchable golden boy—shatters, revealed as the stolen child at the center of it all. What begins as newsroom grit becomes crisis care, as Suganya chooses to save the brother who once caged her while Joshua fights a smear machine with facts, archives, and a city editor’s composure.

With a propulsive, multi-POV cast—Nithya, the chaotic social queen turned spymaster; Sid, the wounded whistleblower who salts the earth with receipts; Anjali and Elena, a tender queer romance learning to breathe in a conservative world—the novel braids campus intrigue, newsroom momentum, and family saga into a high-stakes story about power: who has it, who pays for it, and what it costs to tell the truth.

Part Constance Wu-era gossip thriller, part newsroom coming‑of‑age, part generational reckoning, The Gargoyle’s Gaze is about building a new house on the ruins: a student press that won’t flinch, a community day where a gala used to be, and a love story that insists on ethics over destiny—even when destiny fights back.