Impostor Syndrome

A Novel

hardcover, 368 pages

Published June 15, 2021 by CUSTOM HOUSE, Custom House.

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978-0-06-285528-2
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The Russians plant an agent in a Facebook-like company; she rises to become the chief operating officer. One day a low-level tech notices unusually high outbound traffic from a server in Dublin, and adventure ensues.

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Julia Kall’s mother abandons her in a Russian orphanage. Through a clever trick she comes to the attention of higher-ups and parlays that into a release from the orphanage and an eventual computer science degree. On graduating she’s trained by Russian intelligence, after which she’s given stolen American technology and worms her way into in Tangerine, a Facebook-like company in Silicon Valley. She rises to be chief operating officer, then she goes to work. Alice Lu also works for Tangerine, brought in as part of an acquisition made by Julia. One day Alice runs a security audit, and notices unusually high outbound traffic from a server in Dublin. She logs the anomaly, setting the story in motion.

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