Summary:
WARNING! Under no circumstances must employees strike a deal with unauthorized personnel on Dark Enterprises property. Such behavior could result in death…or the end of the world.
Colin is a low-level employee at Dark Enterprises, a Hell-like multinational corporation solving the world’s most difficult problems in deeply questionable ways. After years of toiling away in a cubicle, he’s ready to climb the corporate ladder and claim the power he’s never had.
The only problem is, he’s pretty sure he’s about to be terminated. Like, terminated. That’s tough, because his BFF has just set him up with a great guy. In fact, maybe he’s a little too great. And asks a lot of questions…
When Colin meets a shadowy figure promising him his heart’s deepest desire, he can’t resist the urge to fast-track his goals. In return for a small, unspecified favor, he asks for the one thing that will improve his life: a promotion.
But that small favor unleashes an ancient evil. People in New York are disappearing, the world might be ending, and Management is starting to notice. Getting to the top is never easy, and now it’s up to Colin to save the world. It’s the ultimate power move, after all.
Review:
This book was a whole lot of fun! Coming off of reading ‘How to Become the Dark Lord or Die Trying’ by Django Wexler a couple months ago, this book pairs with that like a fine wine. Both of these books cover the alluring and often not-so-glamourous side of being ‘Evil’, and sprinkle some great situational humor along the way.
Colin works for Dark Enterprises. A mysterious corporation older than time itself, where ‘management’ is only rumored to exist in some other dimension and comprised of eldritch horrors the human mind cannot comprehend. (You DO NOT. want to get them involved.)
This book was paced quite nicely as Colin tries to fire up his dating life with a hot new guy his roomate introduces him to while the world slowly is being slowly devoured around him. It’s an oncoming apocalypse tale mixed with a haphazard hero that made me feel reminiscent of the classic Ghostbusters movie.
I really enjoyed Waddell’s concept and the lore behind Dark Enterprises and how that was all intermingled within a real-world setting. The book has plenty of laughable moments and Colin falls deeper into the rabbit hole of all things abyssal and eventually ends up the underdog of the story – but is he the hero of the unassuming villain?
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