The Dead Chip Syndicate

by Andrew W. Pearson

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Pub Date Jun 01 2023 | Archive Date Jul 05 2023

Brother Mockingbird | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

General Fiction (Adult) | Multicultural Interest | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

Offered the chance to run his twin brother's A.I. company, Anthony Wilson ditches his failing screenwriting career to start anew in Macau. The job turns highly lucrative when Anthony's new client, Cash Cheang, a pompadour-topped and Johnny Cash-loving casino operator, hands him a bag full of cold hard Yuan to implement a facial recognition system in his casino.

Hearing about Anthony's past life as a screenwriter, Cash offers him another job - ghostwriting a biography about the casino mogul's life rising from the mean streets of Macau to becoming one of the city's most notorious and successful businessmen. Anthony accepts the job while also agreeing to help Cash sell his latest scheme, a cryptocoin aimed at raising funds for a floating casino in Macau.

As Anthony learns more about Cash's life, he realizes the biography is filled with dangerous secrets about the Chinese elite, secrets these powerful people would rather see buried for good. "You always cheat the ones closest to you," warns an old Chinese proverb. Words that ring true as Anthony enters a playground more surreal and depraved than decadent Hollywood. More deadly too as Anthony soon discovers he's the dupe in a huge Chinese money-laundering scheme that might be orchestrated by his treacherous twin.

Offered the chance to run his twin brother's A.I. company, Anthony Wilson ditches his failing screenwriting career to start anew in Macau. The job turns highly lucrative when Anthony's new client...

Advance Praise

"The Dead Chip Syndicate reads like a Hollywood Blockbuster, powered by unstoppable action, exotic locations, and a diverse cast of characters willing to kill to get rich, or die trying. Imagine Las Vegas plonked on the lip of China, and that's Macau, as rich in desperate hustlers, beautiful escorts, and cut-throat businessmen as Sin City ever was. If you've been to Macau, you'll recognize the city in this book; if you haven't, you're in for a thrilling introduction."

–Robert Eversz, author of Zero to the Bone