A novel that combines satire and suspense to depict life inside corporate America. When John Anchor, a middle manager, decides to ask for a severance package and break out of his occupational slump, he has no idea what misadventures await him. Frustrated by abusive and myopic bosses, ambitious peers, scam artists, frivolous litigation, bureaucratic nonsense and finally, a mega-merger, John only sinks lower into the corporate quagmire. Then one day, John finds himself in th right place at the right time--armed with exploseive knowledge that could win him a severance package beyond his wildest dreams.