The New Vega Files

Book 1 - The Zortexian Squeeze

In the rain-soaked, neon-drenched streets of New Vega—a beautiful city with a broken heart—cynical private investigator Victor Dukes thinks he’s seen it all. But that was before Dr. Lucia Martinez walks into his office. Her husband, a brilliant university professor, has vanished without a trace, and the police are calling it a simple case of a man skipping town.

A single piece of damning security footage suggests a more violent truth, pulling Dukes into a conspiracy that runs deeper and dirtier than the city’s grimy canals. Suddenly, he’s tangled up with a murdered forger, a doctored video file, and a secret so explosive it could tear the city apart. The missing professor wasn't just tinkering with a new propulsion system; he was forced to build a terrifying weapon for a man with his eyes on the mayor's office.

Now, with his own name on the police’s murder list and Fraz's shadowy thugs dogging his every step, Dukes is a lone operator in a city of lies. He must unravel the truth behind the Zortexian Squeeze before the city’s most dangerous man tightens his grip on power for good.