I'm So Hacked

@v! is a hacker who spends his days working in India's number one anti-virus company as a security researcher and his nights, crawling through underground hacking forums.He is completely unmotivated and lacks purpose until he receives a letter from M@dR1; a mysterious revolutionary who wants to create a "change" in the world. M@dR1 uses @v!'s horrific past to motivate him, and guides him through various tasks, starting with shutting down the internet services of the entire city.
A series of mayhem, manipulation and mystery ensues as @v! begins hallucinating various events and people from his former life, before he became a reclusive hacker. He is thrown into a barrage of uncertainty and confusion as his perception of reality begins to shift out of focus.
Meanwhile, M@dR1 and @v! prepare for a major cyber-attack that will rock the foundation of the country's technological unit, with the help of @v!'s friends, $@m and K!LL3R. Will they accomplish their goals? Or will @v!'s increasing delusion lead to their downfall?

Gautam Mayekar is a Cyber Security Professional who is currently working in John Deere Technology Center, Pune.
Debuting as an author with his novel "I'm So Hacked", Gautam experimented with a niche genre of Techno-Psycho-Thriller. The book was well-received especially in the IT fraternity and garnered positive reviews and media coverage.
The second novel of Gautam – "STONED! The Untold Story of CO-Weed-20" was published by Half Baked Beans in April 2021. It's a Satire genre book with dark humor and was well-liked by urban youth in metro cities.
We're So Hacked is a second book in the Hacker series which Gautam wants to explore further and has Indo-Pak cyber war as its base theme.
When he is not hacking or writing, he loves to take bicycle rides on the beaches of Goa, where he resides. He is a sports and fitness enthusiast and often keeps himself occupied with football, gym, table tennis while also giving a quirky social commentary on his Instagram handle -@gautam_author13