The Gravity Well: Volume 1 - The Ascent

By Kartik Chauhan

Gravity is the ultimate prison. Money is the only escape key.

The year is 2038. The Earth is a dying battery, drained of resources and choking on twelve billion people. The only lifeline left is the Moon-a gleaming sanctuary where the ultra-wealthy harvest Helium-3 to power the lights back home.

Down in the crushing density of the Mumbai mega-slums, Vikram Rathore is a ghost. Born with a genius intellect but zero currency, he is destined to die in the same square mile where he was born. The laws of physics and economics are designed to keep him down.

But Vikram doesn't believe in impossible odds. He believes in leverage.

Armed with a terrifyingly ambitious plan and a willingness to sacrifice everything, Vikram sets out to do the unthinkable: He isn't just going to build a rocket. He is going to hack the global economy to buy his ticket to the stars.

From the dirt of the slums to the cold vacuum of space, the Ascent has begun. But in a world run by trillion-dollar corporations, the price of gravity is paid in blood.

The Gravity Well: Volume 1 - The Ascent is a gritty, high-stakes Hard Science Fiction thriller about the violence of ambition. Perfect for fans of The Expanse, Breaking Bad, and Cyberpunk 2077.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GD5PR7VZ
• ISBN13: 9798241712776
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"