Marionette Gambit

Sebastian Vale has spent years making sure no one notices him.

At university, he is nothing more than an unremarkable student with mediocre grades, worn clothes, and no reason to attract attention. Being underestimated is exactly how he likes it.

Until one night changes everything.

A single encounter pulls Sebastian into a world of crime, powerful families, hidden agendas, and carefully controlled information. What begins as a fight to survive soon becomes something far more dangerous: a game where every move has consequences, every alliance has a price, and the truth is rarely what it seems.

As Sebastian struggles to stay one step ahead, Seraphine Grimaldi begins uncovering a trail of bodies, disappearances, and manipulated information that leads deeper into a conflict far larger than either of them expected.

Sebastian knows how to read people.

Seraphine knows how to control them.

But neither knows who is pulling the strings.

And in a game where everyone may be a piece on someone else's board, the most dangerous move may be the one no one sees coming.

Hunted by a ruthless network tied to the campus power brokers, the two are forced to plunge into the forgotten underworld of centuries-old tunnels and subterranean sewers. With no rules, zero room for error, and the pursuit closing in, survival depends on cold logic, a hacked smartphone, and enough gallows humor to keep from panicking.

In a game where every second counts and the walls have echoes, how far are you willing to run to save your own skin?

Welcome to the Marionette Gambit