Eric Barnes

In this confusing age of Bernie Madoff and corporate greed, what roles do technology and the individual play? In Shimmer, the thrilling debut novel from Eric Barnes, these timely issues are weighed in an entertaining, thought-provoking, and frightening way.

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About the Author... Eric Barnes has been writing fiction for many years and published a number of short stories before writitng Shimmer . Currently, he is the publisher of The Daily News and The Memphis News, two local publications covering business and politics in Memphis. Eric was once COO (and, before ... (more)that, Publisher and Managing Editor) of Towery Publishing, a publisher of city guides, books, maps, city sites and business directories for cities around the country. About the Book... Shimmer is a dark, sometimes comic novel about Robbie Case, CEO of a high-tech company in New York that is secretly built on a lie. Shimmer follows Robbie's efforts to undo the financial and technical Ponzi scheme he has constructed, with Robbie struggling to protect the people and friends who work for him and to fight the fear that he might finally need -- or want -- to let the company collapse.