Rob Cramb

When the mysterious new Director General of a premier research institute introduces Chinese-style management by algorithm, using sophisticated digital technologies, maverick Head of Department Jack Deagon feels compelled to push back with a subversive campaign of wit and irony. As he deviates from the road the institute is being taken down, he runs into a sinister plot that is about much more than using technology to manage people, putting himself and his younger colleagues on a collision course with a dangerous adversary.