The Beauty of the Fall

A TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE CHARTS A HIGH-RISK,_UNCONVENTIONAL PATH WHILE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HIS SONDan Underlight, a divorced, workaholic technology executive, suffers lingering grief over_the death of his ten-year-old son, Zack. When Dan__s longtime friend and boss fires Dan from RadioRadio, the company that he helped create, he crashes_and isolates himself. Willow, a poet and domestic violence survivor, helps Dan regain his footing. With_her support, Dan ventures on a pilgrimage of sorts, visiting Fortune 500 companies to_flesh out a software start-up idea. He then recruits three former RadioRadio colleagues and starts Conversationworks, a_company he believes will be at the vanguard of social change. Guided by Dan__s leadership, Conversationworks enjoys some early successes,_but its existence is soon threatened on multiple fronts. Will Dan survive the ensuing_corporate battles and realize the potential of his company? Or will he be defeated by his_enemies and consumed by his grief?