From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an electrifying thriller in which a shocking accusation of sexual harassment triggers a gripping psychological game of cat and mouse and threatens to derail a brilliant career.
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A fresh and provocative story.
- People
An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss - a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have - Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villain.
As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company’s secrets - and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down.
Crichton writes superbly… . The excitement rises with each page.
- Chicago Tribune
A heart-stop story running on several tracks at once. Disclosure is up to [Crichton’s] usual locomotive speed.
- The Boston Globe
Expertly crafted, ingenious and absorbing.
- The Philadelphia Inquirer