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In The Later Part Of The Twentieth Century When Management And Workers Became Subservient To The Accountant The Bottom-Line Became The Rule Of Industry. No Industry Was More Subservient To The Bean-Counter'S Numbers Than The Aerospace Industry. The Narrator Takes Us On A 135000-Word Excursion Where Small Businesses Become Companies And Companies Are Swallowed By Conglomerates. In This Descriptive Narrative Dylan A Member Of Middle Management In A Small Company On Long Island About To Be Purchased By A Larger Corporation Escapes To Florida Only To Find The Realities Of Life Are Not Deterred By Locationwe Are Introduced To Spenser The Leader With A Napoleonic Ego; Nick The Father Figure With A Dream; Del A Man Processed With Inner Demons; Allyson A Woman With A Mission; Megan Who Would Sell Her Soul For Advancement; Refern The Troublemaker Elmer The Ambitious; And Will The Man Whose Emotions Cloud His Judgment. We Meet Their Spouses Their Co-Workers And Their Supervisors.We Are Shown One Man’S Struggle Against Corporate Intemperance In A World Where Loyalty And Compassion Are Replaced With Human Frailties Of Fear Self-Promotion And Subterfuge.