Beauty of the Fall

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