![]() ![]() Hart ( Take-Out “Ash McKenna” series) writes an enjoyable mystery that is hard to put down. Interspersed is a blog written by Gibson Wells, the man who built Cloud from nothing, who is dying and desires both to visit each MotherCloud location before he goes and name his successor. ![]() The story follows the couple in brief chapters, telling their adventures. Zinnia works there because shes a corporate spy. Paxton works there because hes failed at his life. ![]() When she and Paxton start a relationship, it complicates Zinnia’s task and makes Paxton think he might want to stay at Cloud. Imagine an on-line retail store whos warehouses are the ultimate company town with dorms, shopping and the like. Zinnia is also a corporate spy, working undercover to get Cloud’s info for a competitor. Two new employees are Paxton, who’s in security and looking for the source of a new drug called Oblivion that causes overdoses, and stock-picker Zinnia, who works in the massive warehouse and runs nonstop to find products during ten-hour shifts. I loved the cleverness of the writing and. They have such a monopoly that working at one of their MotherCloud facilities, a live-work concept, is the best job available. I read and reviewed The Warehouse back in May and at the time I flagged it as a book which was one to watch out for. ![]() In the near future, tech giant Cloud owns nearly every company in America. ![]()
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