{"product_id":"9781936071494","title":"Shimmer","description":"In just three years, CEO Robbie Case has grown\u003cbr\u003eCore Communications, a data technology company,\u003cbr\u003efrom 30 people to over 5,000. Now a $20 billion\u003cbr\u003ecompany made legendary by its sudden success,\u003cbr\u003eCore is based on a technology no other company\u003cbr\u003ecan come close to copying, a revolutionary\u003cbr\u003ebreakthrough known as “drawing blood from a\u003cbr\u003emainframe.” And Robbie, its 35-year-old CEO, is\u003cbr\u003eacclaimed worldwide for his vision, leadership and\u003cbr\u003ewealth.\u003cbr\u003eExcept that all of it is based on a lie. The technology\u003cbr\u003edoesn’t work, the finances are built on a Ponzi\u003cbr\u003escheme of stock sales and shell corporations, and\u003cbr\u003eRobbie is struggling to keep the company alive,\u003cbr\u003eto protect the friends who work for him and all\u003cbr\u003ethat they’ve built. Each day, Robbie tries to push\u003cbr\u003ethe catastrophe back a little further, while his\u003cbr\u003eemployees believe that they are all moving closer\u003cbr\u003eto “grace,” the day their stock options vest, when\u003cbr\u003ethey will be made rich for their faith and loyalty and\u003cbr\u003ehard work. The details of the lie are all keyed into\u003cbr\u003ea shadowy interface that Robbie calls Shimmer, an\u003cbr\u003eomniscient mainframe that hides itself, calculates\u003cbr\u003eits own collapse, threatens to outsmart its creator\u003cbr\u003eand to reveal the corporation’s illegal, fragile\u003cbr\u003eunderpinnings.\u003cbr\u003eShimmer is the story of a high-tech crusade nearing\u003cbr\u003eits end. The shell game Robbie has created is finally\u003cbr\u003erunning out of room. And Robbie is the only one\u003cbr\u003ewho knows or who has a chance to make things\u003cbr\u003eright. Or is he?\u003cbr\u003eA breathless debut novel that charges the\u003cbr\u003eatmosphere with suspense and surprise and\u003cbr\u003edelivers complex characters you can root for in\u003cbr\u003espite of their flaws, Shimmer is Robbie’s race\u003cbr\u003eagainst the truth.","brand":"Unbridled Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177983262960,"sku":"9781936071494","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936071494_p0.jpg?v=1763657692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936071494","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}