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What happens when a criminal decides to destroy billions instead of stealing it?In the gleaming Mirage Horizon Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, sportsbook cashier Jason Chen vanishes during his shift-the same moment billions in digital gambling chips are permanently erased from existence. Not stolen. Destroyed. For Detective Mira Reyes and her AI partner Shield-1, this unprecedented act of financial obliteration presents an entirely new category of crime. As they track the vanished cashier through Las Vegas's digital underground, they discover a pattern of similar incidents dismissed as technical glitches-and uncover a vulnerability in the casino's supposedly secure digital currency system that powerful interests will kill to keep hidden. When the investigation reveals that Chen's true identity is as fabricated as his crime, Reyes must determine whether this systematic destruction represents protest, revenge, or something more complex. As regulatory pressure threatens the casino's operating license and the city's financial infrastructure hangs in the balance, Reyes faces a moral choice: expose industry-wide financial manipulation or preserve Las Vegas's economic stability. In the ninth installment of the bestselling Vegas Shield series, MAINA J.K. delivers a revolutionary approach to crime fiction where the destruction of digital assets challenges conventional notions of theft, ownership, and justice. This thought-provoking techno-thriller explores the philosophical question of whether destroying digital value constitutes a crime when no physical property changes hands.WALK-OUT: When taking nothing changes everything.

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