Neo Shanghai
Overdrive

Shanghai, 2048. In a world where humanity lives as much in the metaverse as in the physical realm, detective She Lo Ke is the sharpest mind in the city — a former game developer turned investigator who sees patterns where others see only noise.

When a game publisher's heir is found dead inside a locked metaverse server, and the evidence points in three contradictory directions at once, She Lo Ke and trusted partner Dr. Qu must navigate layers of corporate deception, virtual crime scenes, and the machinations of the enigmatic Count ∅ — a mastermind who operates entirely from within the game.

The rules of the physical world no longer apply. The rules of the virtual world are being rewritten. And someone is playing a game that only one person can win.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, must be the truth — no matter how virtual the world.

Neo Shanghai Overdrive is Book 1 of the Metaverse Detectives series — a high-octane fusion of Sherlock Holmes deduction, Count of Monte Cristo scheming, and razor-edged cyberpunk world-building. For fans of Neuromancer, Ready Player One, and classic locked-room mysteries reimagined for the digital age.