"The Reckoning" is a psychological thriller exploring the destructive nature of revenge and the ways that trauma creates cycles of violence across generations. Through Arjun's transformation from victim to predator to victim again, the novel examines how the pursuit of vengeance ultimately consumes everyone it touches, creating new monsters with each turn of the wheel. The story serves as a meditation on the price of justice versus revenge, the corruption of love through betrayal, and the terrible mathematics of consequences that compound across time. In the end, no one wins-every act of revenge simply plants the seeds for future violence, ensuring that the cycle continues indefinitely.