Delivering his messages via a series of updates to the public, he first reveals that he is dying, stricken with late stage cancer. And finally, every so often we’re also provided with a third perspective, that of Gibson Wells, the founder and CEO of Cloud himself. Working as an undercover agent for a mysterious client, she has infiltrated Cloud to further her own agenda, one that involves getting close to Paxton to access the security privileges he has. Zinnia is another employee, though she’s at Cloud under false pretenses. Now he finds himself employed by them, working as a security guard. Paxton is the former owner of a once successful business which went bankrupt because it could not compete with the aggressive practices of Cloud. Through the eyes of three characters, readers are given insight into just what it’s like to work for the company.
On top of room and board, workers also get healthcare and other benefits to go along with the job.īut the truth at Cloud is a lot more sinister. These facilities, in addition to serving as the company’s distribution and fulfillment centers, are also where employees eat, sleep and live when they’re not spending the long hours working on the floor. Competition for work is fierce especially since the government can no longer be relied upon for any kind of social support, so naturally, desperate jobseekers turn to Cloud en masse in the hopes of scoring a position in one of their many sprawling warehouses. The Warehouse by Rob Hart is clearly riffing on the tech giant with Cloud, a megacorp in the future that has completely consumed the American economy, becoming the only thriving company in this dystopian world ravaged by recession and high unemployment. No surprise, this has led to a lot of concerns, as evidenced by the accusations of Amazon becoming a monopoly, or the news articles with headlines like “Is Amazon Getting Too Powerful?” cropping up all over the internet.Īnd it’s a fair question to ask as well as an interesting one to ponder, which I’m pretty sure is how the inspiration for this novel came about. But sometimes, it does feel like every time I turn around the retail giant is rolling out yet another program to break into more markets, or they’re creating their own brands to compete against the very merchants they’re partnered with. I confess, I am a big Amazon consumer I love my Prime shipping and being able to find great prices on practically anything at “the everything store”, saving me a considerable amount of time and money over the years.
This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. I received a review copy from the publisher.
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