From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes an electrifying thriller in which a shocking accusation of sexual harassment triggers a gripping psychological game of cat and mouse and threatens to derail a brilliant career.

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A fresh and provocative story. -People

An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss-a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have-Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villain.

As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company’s secrets-and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down.

Crichton writes superbly… . The excitement rises with each page. -Chicago Tribune

A heart-stop story running on several tracks at once. Disclosure is up to [Crichton’s] usual locomotive speed. -The Boston Globe

Expertly crafted, ingenious and absorbing. -The Philadelphia Inquirer