The Conceptual Predator: A Cosmic Horror Novel of the Predatory Economy (The Accumulativis Cycle) poster

The Conceptual Predator: A Cosmic Horror Novel of the Predatory Economy (The Accumulativis Cycle)

By Baboolal, Ravi

First published 2026

When an alien forensic investigator arrives at the edge of our solar system, she expects to find a developing civilization. Instead, she finds a species drenched in the chemistry of fear. Hearts racing. Hormones spiking. Bodies breaking. A world under siege, with no threat in sight. As Auditor Zyd and her crew trace the source of humanity's terror through silent commuter trains, hospital lobbies, and hyper-active trading floors, they uncover something worse than any extinction-level event on record. It is an invisible predator, systemic, conceptual, and woven into every transaction, every screen, and every sleepless night. It doesn't hunt with teeth. It hunts with debt, dopamine, and the promise that the line must always go up. But when her crew's priorities begin to shift, Zyd realizes the predator doesn't just consume civilizations. It evolves through them. For readers of There Is No Antimemetics Division, Blindsight, and The Three-Body Problem.

Published
10 Jul 2026
Pages
362
Publisher
Dread Engine Press
Edition
Paperback
Elsewhere
Open Library
  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Adventure

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