Time Kings of Las Vegas — Drew Karpyshyn

Carson Gaines is a professional gambler and card counter with a very special gift - he can literally stop time! There's just one drawback: whenever he stops the world, he finds himself just as frozen and helpless as everyone else. Cursed with the world's most frustrating superpower, everything changes the day he meets Charlie - a pickpocket and hustler who helps him unlock the full scope of his abilities. Together, the two men hatch a scheme to bring the Vegas casinos to their knees.But when their plans go awry, they find themselves on the wrong side of a local mobster, the FBI, and a secret government research project operating out of Area 51. And Carson soon learns that in Sin City, the house always wins...