I am delighted to announce that I will narrate and produce the audiobook edition of Mumbai Singularity, Nym Coy’s mythic cyberpunk detective thriller — and that the Kickstarter campaign funding the production is now live. This is exactly the kind of ambitious, character-rich speculative fiction I love working on, and I would be grateful for your support in bringing it properly to audio.
How do you arrest a goddess?
That is the question at the heart of Mumbai Singularity, and it is not rhetorical. The story unfolds in a future Mumbai where augmented reality overlays almost every surface — streets, shopfronts, faces — until the city feels less like a place you walk through than a layer you inhabit. Inspector Krishna Mehta’s damaged mesh antenna intermittently disconnects him from that augmented world, leaving him stranded in the raw city underneath.
And that is when he begins seeing faint rainbow marks on people’s foreheads — marks nobody else can see. When the marked start dying from catastrophic brain haemorrhages, his investigation leads towards a hospital shrine, a corporate conspiracy, uploaded human consciousness, and the Hindu gods themselves. The conspiracy may already be inside his partner’s head. It begins as a murder investigation, but it does not remain one.
Why this project speaks to me
Mumbai Singularity combines detective noir, cyberpunk, conspiracy fiction, Hindu mythology and metaphysical science fiction in a way that feels genuinely integrated rather than assembled from spare parts. Its mythology is not decorative wallpaper pasted over a standard thriller plot; it is woven into the novel’s ideas about consciousness, identity and belief. Coy asks what happens when ancient notions of gods, reincarnation and the soul encounter technologies capable of making some of those ideas disturbingly literal.
For all its large philosophical reach, the book remains grounded in Krishna’s relationships — above all with his mother and his partner — and that emotional anchor matters enormously in audio. A story this layered offers substantial scope for character performance and vocal world-building: the augmented city and the city beneath it, corporate corridors and shrine rooms, voices shaped by age, status, background and temperament rather than a single undifferentiated register.
A personal connection — and a responsibility
I grew up with considerable exposure to Indian culture and became proficient in Hindi and Urdu as a child. Much of that vocabulary has naturally receded over the years, but the sounds, rhythms and musicality of the languages left a lasting impression. That history gives me a valuable starting point for a novel set entirely in Mumbai — yet it is a starting point, not a shortcut. This production will still involve careful research.
My aim is to create recognisable individuals differentiated by age, personality, background and status — not a collection of interchangeable or caricatured “Indian accents.” Inhabiting Krishna’s world properly means listening as carefully as I perform.
Hear the first audiobook sample
Mumbai Singularity by Nym Coy
Mythic cyberpunk · Detective thriller · Indian English performance
What the Kickstarter is funding
Nym Coy is crowdfunding the audiobook because she wants it done properly — full professional narration, mastered audio and wide distribution, without cutting corners. Your backing helps fund:
- Performance preparation and pronunciation research
- Narration and character development
- Recording and editing
- Proofing, corrections and final mastering
- Delivery of a professionally produced, publication-ready audiobook
Rewards worth knowing about
The campaign offers a range of digital and physical rewards. At its core is the completed audiobook itself, alongside bundles combining the ebook, paperback or hardcover with the audio edition. The Marked tier lets you become an Executive Producer, with your name read aloud by me in the closing credits — a detail I rather like. Kickstarter-exclusive bonus scenes are also tied to stretch goals, offering new material even if you have already read the book.
You can explore every tier on the campaign page. If cyberpunk, speculative detective fiction, Indian mythology or philosophically ambitious science fiction is your territory, I hope you will take a look — and share the link with someone who might enjoy it.
This is the sort of project that can become something special in audio: intellectually bold, emotionally rooted, and built for the ear as much as the page. I am narrating and producing Mumbai Singularity with that ambition firmly in mind. Thank you for reading — and for any support you can offer, whether by backing the campaign or passing it on.
Read more about the novel at nymcoy.com or find the print edition on Amazon.
