Game Theory: Book Zero: The Grounding (The Kaprekar Sequence) by August Folly

The most terrifyingly logical dystopia ever written.

The world doesn’t end in fire or war. Not with a bang but a whimper. A global pandemic renders humanity sterile—every man, every woman, every child. The last generation is dying. In a hundred years, humanity will be extinct.

Except one.

Guided by cold logic and driven by a love that defies extinction, Marcus must remake the world—or ensure its collapse. He sees the numbers. He knows what must be done—a brutal system of survival enforced by mathematics, not morality.

One state becomes the last refuge of order in a collapsing world, a place where civilisation is rebuilt—not with ideals, but with necessity. Every man contributes. Every person is given a role. Every child is a commodity. Human life itself becomes the backbone of a new economy, and the future is calculated down to the last birth.

The world calls it barbaric.

The people trapped inside call it destiny.

But Marcus knows the truth.

What is necessary… is always just.

Inevitable.

💥 For fans of high-concept dystopias like 1984, Brave New World, and Children of Men.

💥 A novel that doesn’t just question morality—it removes it.