Reincarnated in colonial India as Clerk
In a world inspired by colonial India, Laksh is a lowly clerk in the mighty British trading company — a man with no patriotic cause, only an unshakable desire to climb above his station.
His first gamble is as daring as it is dangerous: he learns of gold crates being smuggled at night by a cunning merchant, Gorakh, using the sea’s shifting tides to evade detection. Striking a secret deal with corrupt British officers, Laksh steals the shipment, erases the evidence, and forges reports pinning the crime on the Marathas. The ploy earns him wealth, influence, and the attention of powerful men who see him as useful —and expendable.
But in the cutthroat world of colonial trade, every gain demands a greater risk. As Laksh schemes his way up the company’s hierarchy, he finds himself entangled in rivalries, political cover-ups, and the dangerous game of serving an empire he does not love ,yet cannot afford to betray.