The Gilded Mirror

In the gilded auction houses of Veridia, a brilliant but disillusioned data scientist unleashes Eidolon, an algorithm that unearths the darkest collecting obsessions of the ultra-wealthy. When a forgery ring exploits this secret knowledge to craft the perfect fake Renaissance mirror, three dynastic families are lured into a high-stakes bidding war. As the scam spirals into bankruptcy, arson, and murder, the algorithm's cold predictions reveal that it understands their buried lusts and murderous envies far better than they understand themselves.