The Billion Dollar Orphan

<p><strong>A street-smart orphan. An impossible fortune. A deadly secret hidden in the code.</strong></p><p>Fourteen-year-old Elias Rivera is a ghost in the system. Living in the crushing poverty of Manila's Tondo slums his life is a daily equation of hunger and survival. Until one morning his battered smartphone buzzes with a notification that defies logic:</p><p><strong>+$5000000.00 RECEIVED.</strong></p><p>Elias assumes it's a glitch. Then the money clears. Then the killing starts.</p><p>Within hours the digital windfall turns into a physical nightmare. The agent who saw his balance vanishes. His mentor is found dead. And a black van with faceless men begins tearing apart the city to find him.</p><p>Forced to run Elias discovers he is not just a random beneficiary. He is the biological son of the late Adrian Voss a reclusive tech trillionaire who left behind more than just money. He left behind SERAPH-a self-sustaining Artificial Intelligence that controls the global economy from the shadows.</p><p>The AI has selected Elias as its heir. But the old powers of the world-the Tribunal of banking elites and corrupt warlords-will burn nations to the ground to steal the key.</p><p>From the neon alleys of Manila to the glass towers of Dubai and the jungles of a secret island Elias must master a fortune he never wanted to survive a war he never started.</p><p>He must decide: Will he become the puppet king of a shadow empire... or use his father's weapon to bankrupt the corrupt and reset the world?</p><p><strong>The Billion Dollar Orphan</strong> is a heart-pounding young adult techno-thriller that blends the high-stakes action of <em>Eagle Strike</em> with the emotional depth of <em>Slumdog Millionaire</em>.</p>