Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhiโs advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebeccaโs sw
Shimmer
โ Scribed by Eric Barnes
- Publisher
- Unbridled Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
In just three years, CEO Robbie Case has grown
Core Communications, a data technology company,
from 30 people to over 5,000. Now a $20 billion
company made legendary by its sudden success,
Core is based on a technology no other company
can come close to copying, a revolutionary
breakthrough known as โdrawing blood from a
mainframe.โ And Robbie, its 35-year-old CEO, is
acclaimed worldwide for his vision, leadership and
wealth.
Except that all of it is based on a lie. The technology
doesnโt work, the finances are built on a Ponzi
scheme of stock sales and shell corporations, and
Robbie is struggling to keep the company alive,
to protect the friends who work for him and all
that theyโve built. Each day, Robbie tries to push
the catastrophe back a little further, while his
employees believe that they are all moving closer
to โgrace,โ the day their stock options vest, when
they will be made rich for...
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