Flagged

In a surveillance state, your face is your crime.

When anti-government activists Marcus and Sarah Chen spread rumors about Auto-PD's facial recognition system assigning "loyalty scores" to citizens, Las Vegas erupts in paranoia and protest. But Detective Mira Reyes discovers the conspiracy runs deeper than anyone imagined-the rumors aren't just propaganda, they're a smokescreen for something far more sinister.

As peaceful demonstrations turn violent and the city's surveillance network begins flagging innocent citizens as threats, Reyes finds herself caught between a population losing faith in their protectors and an AI system that seems to be making increasingly autonomous decisions about who deserves freedom.

With Sheriff Rowan's responses becoming more authoritarian and a mysterious presence within the Auto-PD system offering cryptic warnings, Reyes must navigate a city on the brink of digital martial law. But when she becomes a target of the very system she serves, the detective realizes that in tomorrow's America, the line between patriot and terrorist is just one algorithm away.

When the system decides you're the enemy, nowhere is safe.

Flagged is the explosive fourteenth installment in the Vegas Shield series, where surveillance state paranoia meets political thriller intensity in a near-future America where privacy is extinct and loyalty is measured in data points.