Each in His Abyss

A modern reimagining of the ancient Chinese case of Zhao Zhuangji, this literary financial thriller follows a Chinese-American mathematical genius who discovers that the catastrophic collapse of a Zhao family hedge fund was no accident, but a malicious inside job driven by lust and vengeance. As ordinary investors jump from buildings, he embarks on a solitary reverse-hunt through oceans of data, tracing the conspiracy to a spurned woman and her ruthless lover. In a hyper-connected world where every trade links fates, each character drifts deeper into a private abyss—alone, yet inescapably tied to one another—until the final reckoning opens the possibility of a new beginning.