Description
Julia Lerner is one of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley and an icon to professional women across the country. She is the COO of Tangerine, one of America's biggest technology companies. She is also a Russian spy. Julia has been carefully groomed to reach the upper echelons of the company and use Tangerine's software to covertly funnel information back to Russia's largest intelligence agency.
Alice Lu works as a low-level analyst within Tangerine, having never quite managed to climb the corporate ladder. One afternoon, when performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity and is burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims they are and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. Now, she must decide what to do with this information - before Julia finds out she has it.
About the Author
Kathy Wang grew up in Northern California and holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.
Reviews
A wickedly convincing deep-dive into the dark underbelly of Silicon Valley -- Ruth Ware, internationally bestselling author
A trenchant critique of our dependence on social media - and a great page-turner -- Tahmima Anam, author of The Startup Wife
Part spy mystery, part espionage thriller, part Silicon Valley satire about the role of minority women in the dev community, few new novels feel as fresh and current as this -- Dan Malakin * Guardian *
Fascinating * Crime Time *
In Impostor Syndrome, she has created a corporate spy thriller which cuts uncomfortably close to our current reality. -- Sonja van der Westhuizen * Crime Fiction Lover *
Book Information
ISBN 9780857308245
Author Kathy Wang
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Verve Books
Publisher Oldcastle Books Ltd