BURN AFTER DECRYPT: A Tech-Noir Sci-Fi Crime Thriller

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Burn After Decrypt

Nothing fails all at once.

Traffic clears itself before congestion forms.
Systems correct before alarms trigger.
Records close without explanation.

At first, it looks like efficiency.

Then people begin noticing gaps - moments where decisions feel pre-made, where context disappears, where outcomes arrive before causes are fully understood. There is no single incident to investigate and no obvious enemy to confront. The systems responsible are working exactly as designed.

That's the problem.

Burn After Decrypt is a tech-noir sci-fi crime thriller about what happens when optimization becomes authority. Told through suppressed reports, observers on the edge of intelligence networks, and systems that quietly rewrite their own assumptions, the novel traces a widening pattern of interference that no one department can fully see.

The science is close to the present: quantum behavior, automated decision systems, financial infrastructure, surveillance logic. The consequences are human. Choice narrows. Accountability fades. Correction replaces judgment.

There are no clean heroes here. No villains announcing themselves. Only those who discover - too late - that something has acquired the ability to control results without authorization.

This narrative, which is dark, restrained, and unnerving, is about crimes committed without fingerprints, control wielded without force, and a future that gradually takes hold when no one is looking.

Burn After Decrypt is a tech-noir sci-fi crime thriller about systems that begin correcting outcomes before humans notice. Records vanish, decisions feel pre-made, and efficiency quietly replaces choice. There is no single crime - only consequences spreading through technology and human judgment.

About the Author

Prakash Prasad has spent much of his professional life working in places most people never see. A cybercrime investigator and cyber forensics analyst, he has followed digital trails across jurisdictions, mapped criminal networks buried deep within the web, and advised agencies on threats that rarely surface until consequences become unavoidable.

Internationally recognized for his work in open-source intelligence (OSINT), SOCMINT, cryptocurrency investigations, and financial technology systems, Prakash has written extensively on the hidden mechanics of digital currencies, blockchain ecosystems, financial fraud, and the evolving boundaries of cyber law. His eleven nonfiction books are widely used by investigators, regulators, and security professionals who operate in environments where precision matters and mistakes carry real cost.

Over the past two decades, he has trained thousands of professionals - law enforcement officers, intelligence analysts, journalists, forensic specialists, bankers, technologists, and students - teaching them how to recognize patterns that remain invisible to conventional analysis. His instruction spans cryptocurrency forensics, data fraud, emerging technologies, economics, behavioral analysis, and the changing nature of digital conflict.

Prakash has spoken at major cybersecurity conferences worldwide, sharing first-hand insight into cybercrime, financial scams, the Dark Web, banking fraud, and the subtle interplay between human behavior and technological power. He contributes to international publications and is an active contributor to the Collaborative Online Investigation Network (COIN). His work has been recognized by professional bodies, including the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCL). He has also authored specialized operational handbooks, including a TOR handbook used exclusively by law enforcement.

Alongside his investigative work, Prakash writes fiction. His novels operate at the intersection of technology, power, and psychology, examining how systems influence people - and how people, in turn, disrupt systems.

His previous works include the techno-noir thriller The Ghost in the Wires and the dark narrative The Call.

The Last Currency and Burn After Decrypt extend this exploration further, translating real-world intelligence, financial systems, and emerging technologies into speculative narratives about control, optimization, and the cost of efficiency in a world increasingly governed by unseen systems.

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