{"product_id":"blackquest-40-9781732255227","title":"Blackquest 40","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBig Tech meets \u003cem\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/em\u003e in this techno-thriller \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e calls \"a clever, spirited tale with a brainy, nimble heroine at the helm.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From \u003cem\u003eIndieReader's\u003c\/em\u003e 5 star (highest rating) review: \"Bond weaves an entertaining story filled with deceit, robots, Russians, and tech entrepreneurs that all combine to give the reader a reason to flip pages furiously to find out what might happen next...BLACKQUEST 40 sparkles with imagination. Code flies from keyboards, setting off ingenious flying devices, hatching plots and subplots and, ultimately, giving heroes the chance to help the good guys win. This book is a delight, and one readers should download right away.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeb Bollinger has no time for corporate training.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer company's top engineer at just twenty-seven, Deb has blocked off her day for the one project she truly cares about: the launch of Carebnb, an app that finds spare beds for the homeless. When she's told all employees must drop everything for some busywork exercise called Blackquest 40, it's an easy no.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrouble is, her bosses aren't really asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackquest 40 is the mother of all corporate trainings. A near-impossible project to be completed in forty straight hours. No phones. No internet. Sleeping on cots. Nobody in, nobody out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeb finds the whole setup creepy and authoritarian. When a Carebnb issue necessitates her leaving the office, she heads for the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's the worst that could happen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmed commandos, HVAC-duct chases, a catastrophic master plan that gets darker by the hour -- \u003cem\u003eBlackquest 40\u003c\/em\u003e is a fresh take on the \u003cem\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/em\u003e formula, layering smart-drones and a modern heroine onto the classic action tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Bond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732255227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndieReader\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeff Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491383603381,"sku":"9781732255227","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b93fbfc5-6c2b-4149-b39b-2369a13c338e.jpg?v=1777996048","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blackquest-40-9781732255227","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}