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by Omar Shabka

Berkeley House is an exclusive private club in Mayfair that has been at the heart of London’s dotcom scene since day dot (the mid-90s). Its members are the city’s elite venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, blue chip execs, and new media types. Its owner, Daniel Logan, has the place wired for surveillance. From his penthouse, he watches and listens to everything. Insider trading, scandal, extortion, blackmail, bribery—nothing is off limits in his quest for wealth and power.When Logan learns that Adware, a high-flying dotcom, is gearing up for a billion dollar stock market listing, he decides he wants in. His plan ensnares Mark Haddad, an Adware executive, in a web of extortion, revenge, surveillance, and subterfuge. Enter Stephanie Turner, venture capitalist, speed freak, hard core surveillance geek, and old friend of Haddad’s. When they set a counter-strategy in motion, no one realizes where it will take them or the dark past it will unearth.

Paperback

First published May 27, 2014

About the author

Omar Shabka moved with his wife and infant son from Washington, DC, to London, in 1996, to chase the dotcom dream. He started out building online communities in a leaky basement in Fulham and has been working in the cloud ever since.

Exit Strategy is his first novel.

Reviews

[Marie (UK) · Rating 3 out of 5]

business machinations in order to achieve the perfect move from one place to another. A bit complicated in parts

[Omar Shabka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am the author so I will refrain from writing a review other than shamelessly giving it five stars. :-)

Synopsis: Berkeley House is an exclusive private club in Mayfair that has been at the heart of London’s dotcom scene since day dot (the mid-90s). Its members are the city’s elite venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, blue chip execs, and new media types. Its owner, Daniel Logan, has wired the club for surveillance. From his penthouse, he watches and listens to everything, uses it for his own ends. Insider trading, scandal, extortion, blackmail, bribery—nothing is off limits in his quest for wealth and power.

I have an interesting social engagement planned for the serialization, starting Friday, June 13. I’m calling it DIY metafiction. In a nutshell, it’s an experiment in using social media to create Borges’ Garden of Forking Paths collaboratively and online. Email me, if you’re intrigued and would like to participate. You can also just follow @GETExitStrategy on Twitter and jump in when ready.

[Fallon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would first like to thank the author for sending me a copy of this book. This book is very well written and it also has very interesting characters. This book is one of the best novels that I have ever read. This book was very intriguing and it was hard to put it down.