A fast-paced cyber thriller by Amrita Chowdhury, first published in 2014. Blending cybercrime, biotechnology, corporate espionage, intellectual property theft, and medical ethics, the novel offers a timely and realistic look at the dangers of the digital age. Set across Mumbai, Washington, D.C., and Suzhou (China), it combines global intrigue with human drama.

The story begins just weeks before global pharmaceutical giant Acel is set to file a patent for Colare, a revolutionary drug that could transform the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Suddenly, the company's highly confidential research data stored in its Mumbai data center is compromised, throwing the billion-dollar project into chaos. Suspicion falls on Dr. Udai Vir Dhingra ("Vir"), the brilliant, Ivy League-educated head of Acel's Indian operations, whose career and reputation are instantly put at risk.

As Vir races to identify the source of the breach, the investigation leads into a shadowy world of hackers, anonymous online identities, cyber espionage, and intellectual property theft. A gifted teenage hacker, Raghu Damodaran, becomes one of several key figures in a web of deception that stretches across continents. Meanwhile, Vir struggles with intense corporate pressure, media scrutiny, fractured relationships, and difficult ethical choices, realizing that in cyberspace, trust is fragile and nothing is ever as it seems.

Drawing on the author's engineering and technology background, Breach presents cybercrime in a realistic, accessible manner without overwhelming readers with technical jargon. Alongside the suspense, it explores themes of innovation, corporate greed, privacy, online security, medical ethics, and the human consequences of technological dependence.