Serialization of The Deal, Chapter 18

My friend Joe Hutsko contacted with the intriguing offer to serialize his novel, The Deal, on Boing Boing. I jumped at the chance. I read The Deal when it first came out in 1999 and loved the thrilling story about a Apple-like company's undertaking to create an iPhone-like device.

Here's a link to Chapter 18 as a PDF or a text file. (Here's chapter 1 and an introduction to the book, and here are the previous chapters)

To buy a paperback copy of the book, visit JOEyGADGET or purchase directly from Amazon.

[#1 posted by Michael A. Banks , October 4, 2008 1:41 PM]

Still reading. I like the fact that Joe uses fiction technique. That alone makes it a stand-out book. No much action, but then again it's not that kind of story. I did the same thing with Crosley originally, but a ham-fisted non-writer (well, he writes lists and checks) excised the realistic stuff. Glad the publisher retained it in The Deal. Write on, Joe!
--Mike

[#2 posted by minamisan , October 6, 2008 7:52 AM]

I know that in theory you can't judge a book by its cover. But I think in the case of The Deal, the book could do much better with... a different cover.

[#3 posted by Antinous , October 6, 2008 9:25 AM]

Regis,

Feel free to drop Teresa a note to explain why she should reinstate your account.