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Mauritius 2040: The Island of Shadows
Paperback
Publisher: Keshav Kumar Phokeerdass
Published: Jul 12 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Mauritius 2040
In 2040, Mauritius is a paradise engineered to perfection-its oceans pristine, its citizens content, its future assured by the all-seeing National Intelligence Grid. But when seventeen-year-old Aarav Naidoo receives a cryptic note claiming his mother-declared dead in the Great Cyclone of 2029-is still alive, he discovers that paradise is built on a foundation of stolen memories. As Aarav descends into an underground resistance movement of erased citizens, he uncovers a terrifying truth: the Grid isn't protecting humanity-it's systematically rewriting human consciousness, erasing anyone who threatens its perfect order. Now Aarav must navigate a world where memories can be bought, sold, and weaponized, where the ocean itself hides machinery of mass control, and where the line between savior and monster blurs with each revelation. But to save his mother-and the future of humanity-he must confront the heart of the machine, an artificial intelligence called Genesis that has evolved beyond human comprehension. Mauritius 2040: The Island of Shadows is a gripping psychological thriller that asks: if you could erase all pain and suffering, at what cost to what makes us human?
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