Claim Jumpers: The Vegas Shield Book 3

In 2050s Las Vegas, the most valuable real estate isn't land-it's the territory inside your mind.When a priceless biomechanical exosuit is stolen from a casino expo by masked thieves, Detective Mira Reyes and her AI partner Shield-1 are drawn into a complex web of intellectual property theft, corporate espionage, and the bleeding edge of neural interface technology. Behind the heist stands Dr. Victor Lazarus, a brilliant scientist with a degenerative condition and a desperate claim: the revolutionary technology was his creation before Nexus Corporation pushed him out and claimed it as their own. As Lazarus attempts to reclaim his life's work by any means necessary, the line between theft and rightful ownership blurs.The investigation takes a dangerous turn when Lazarus connects himself to the stolen prototype, risking his mind in a desperate gamble to prove his case. With his neural patterns deteriorating and corporate security closing in, the scientist's life-and potentially his consciousness itself-hang in the balance. As Reyes navigates the ethical complexities of the case, Shield-1 shows unprecedented interest in the neural interface technology, raising questions about the evolving relationship between human and artificial intelligence. What began as property theft becomes a race to save not just Lazarus's life, but perhaps the very essence of who he is."Claim Jumpers" continues the near-future crime series that began with "Harvest Variant" and "Dead Air," exploring how technology transforms our understanding of identity, ownership, and the boundaries between mind and machine. In a world where consciousness itself might be copied, what does it mean to truly own an idea?

• | Author: Maina J. K.
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: May 04, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00224 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798282509168