The Wager

By Mathew Johnson

Becky Palmer is good at her job. Her boss just won't let her forget who's in charge.

As a mortgage banker grinding through another day under a boss who makes everything harder than it needs to be, a sleek new Egolectric vehicle feels like exactly the treat she's earned.

It isn't.

One catastrophic financing clause later, Becky belongs to Lucian's empire - selling hundred-year car loans that quietly strip buyers of their legal rights, feeding a machine run by a man who may not be a man at all. Brain Bridge implants rewrite minds overhead. StarFall satellites eliminate anyone who objects.

Then Allen Markowitz shows up. Her strange, brilliant, cone-helmeted high school acquaintance has been watching Lucian longer than anyone - and he thinks Becky, compromised, complicit, and furious, might be exactly who the resistance needs.

A savage corporate horror comedy for fans of Black Mirror, American Psycho, and Snow Crash.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GRNTVFNJ
• ISBN13: 9798251072891
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"