POWER

POWER — THE SHOT OF THE DEVIL

Book One: THE BLACK CLOUD EMPIRE
By Silvio DellOglio

In Las Vegas, power is never given. It is taken. And every empire is built on secrets.

Sam "Black Cloud" has spent decades building an empire in the city where fortunes are made overnight and lives can disappear just as quickly. Nightclubs, casinos, luxury, money, and influence are the foundations of his kingdom. But beneath the glittering lights of Las Vegas lies a criminal underworld where loyalty has a price, betrayal is inevitable, and the most dangerous enemies wear expensive suits.

When a mysterious conspiracy resurfaces from seventeen years ago, Sam discovers that everything he has built is under threat.

Rival criminal organizations move against his businesses. Powerful financiers manipulate the citys future. Corrupt politicians, judges, police officers, and prestigious law firms operate behind closed doors, controlling a network of money, violence, and influence.

And someone knows the truth about a night Sam thought he had buried forever.

As a brutal struggle for control of Las Vegas begins, Sam must confront enemies who understand his weaknesses better than he does.

But the greatest danger may come from his own family.

His estranged wife, Isabella Moretti, returns carrying secrets that could destroy everything. Claire Ashford, a brilliant attorney with whom Sam shares a complicated past, becomes entangled in a dangerous game of attraction, deception, and conflicting loyalties. Meanwhile, his son Adrian begins questioning the empire he is expected to inherit—and the man who built it.

With every revelation, the boundaries between love and betrayal, justice and corruption, family and ambition become increasingly blurred.

Sam has survived the streets, defeated powerful rivals, and learned that mercy can be as dangerous as weakness.

But this time, winning the war may cost him the one thing he cannot replace.

His family.

Set against the seductive and ruthless backdrop of Las Vegas, THE BLACK CLOUD EMPIRE is a gripping adult crime thriller filled with organized crime, casino power struggles, political corruption, dangerous relationships, family secrets, and unexpected betrayals.

A story of ambition, loyalty, revenge, and the devastating price of absolute power.

Because in Las Vegas, everyone wants a piece of the empire.

And the devil always collects his debts.

The first novel in the POWER — THE SHOT OF THE DEVIL series.