from the author's about-the-book info at the publisher site:
"The story began as a water cooler discussion I had with the CEO of a company I worked for a few years ago. It started along the lines of the usual "mind blown" zone one enters when they realize that every time Scotty teleported Captain Kirk he was actually killing him in one place and replicating him somewhere else. This concept has been explored almost ad nauseum on Youtube and clickbait sites. You might even say it's jumped the shark since Conan had Professor Brian Cox delve into it on his show . While there are several good books and movies that address the existential problems teleportation would introduce should it ever become a viable transportation mechanism none have adequately presented a hard science solution to that problem. Since I build products for a living, I decided to solve the problem using a strategy known as Wardley Mapping . The "product" came in the form of The Punch Escrow."