Young, ambitious and determined to make a name for himself, Grimalky Quickens has his own way of going up the corporate ladder, and it doesn't involve sensitivity, caution, manners, or waiting for something better to come along.
As Official Adjunct to the Assistant Underling in Charge of Administrative and Extraneous Affairs, Grim is determined to not waste his career as so many have before him, bogged down in menial tasks, with accomplishments unrecognized by thankless superiors, or with a giddy thrill at each pitiable pay increase. Grim has value. He shows it every day. It is plain to see. So why are all of his colleagues, including the copy machine, bent on denying it?
Action is called for. Even grander strategies will be unfurled. Friends will be betrayed. Lovers lost. Copy machines destroyed. For Grimalky Quickens will be recognized. He will be known. He will grab rightful hold of what is his: power, fortune, fame. And everything else.
He might even succeed. If he can survive.
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A Novel in Three Parts by Alan Esser
Part One: Bliss
Before the Bomb
