Wild Card

<p>Humble computer programmer Ricky Stern works for the Electricity Commission in the Eighties London. On a whim he decides to fake himself a Commander of the British Empire Award. Surprisingly this skyrockets his status and he is instantly recruited to GRAPE a mysterious Government Agency that sells an innovative computer software program based in British Embassies. There he successfully sells the software to news agencies. But his plans are scuppered by a colleague who happens to be the son of the Personnel Director at the Electricity Commission.</p><p></p><p>Forced to leave GRAPE under a cloud Ricky sets up Ring Inn to provide TV phone-in services. There he meets with another shrewd businessman who goes to even greater lengths to undermine his success.</p><p></p><p>On the verge of bankruptcy Ricky agrees to sell Ring Inn to an American billionaire. When he eventually falls out with him he's given a significant payoff. As he leaves the London HQ his old colleague mysteriously reappears and takes him back to GRAPE where Ricky is in for a big surprise.</p><p></p><p>The author Stephen Kirk is a serial entrepreneur and although all of Ricky's adventures are pure fiction they could bear a close similarity to events in the Author's Life!</p>