New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2021. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book - "a crackling, satirical novel about a young man given a shot at stardom as the lone Black salesman at a mysterious, cult-like, and wildly successful startup where nothing is as it seems. An unambitious 22-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, and hanging out with his girlfriend. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of Sumwun, NYCs hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team on the thirty-sixth floor. After enduring a 'hell week' of training, Darren, the only Black person in the company, reimagines himself as 'Buck,' a ruthless salesman unrecognizable to his friends and family. But when things turn tragic at home and Buck feels hes hit rock bottom, he begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate Americas sales force, setting off a chain of events that forever changes the game." 388 pp. ISBN: 978-0358380887.