{"product_id":"shimmer-eric-barnes-9781936071593","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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936071592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936071593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unbridled Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.58w x 0.70d","brand":"Eric Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372464492799,"sku":"9781936071593","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b08e42ef-9253-4398-b08d-ffaed69ef5da.jpg?v=1732726022","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shimmer-eric-barnes-9781936071593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}