{"product_id":"startup-hell-isbn-9781835415863","title":"Startup Hell","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save a (surprisingly hot) demon, and work out how to hit her quarterly target.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMorgan Blackwater's mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgan's a junior salesperson at a tech startup that can't even decide what its product is. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaving work late one night, she discovers her boss dead from the effort of summoning a demon to trade his soul in order to make his quarterly target. The disturbingly-attractive demon, Lucareoth (Luke for short), is trapped here until he finds someone to sell their soul. While trying to sneak Luke out of the building, Morgan runs into her infamous mother. Apparently, someone has been summoning demons and she's here to get to the bottom of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrying to protect Luke from her mother, Morgan gets sucked into the Infernal Plane and discovers hell really is a corporate nightmare. She only gets back home with a promise to deliver a human soul of her own. While her coworkers are really annoying, she's not willing to sacrifice their souls. The company's tech bro CEO, though, is another story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith Caitlin Rozakis's signature wit, STARTUP HELL is a contemporary fantasy that exposes the demonic nature of the corporate world.\"Caitlin Rozakis has the rare ability to simultaneously skewer and celebrate human nature. Hilarious, clever, and insightful, \u003ci\u003eStartup Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is everything you want it to be! Highly recommended!\"\u003cbr\u003eSarah Beth Durst, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spellshop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Give this book a promotion and the corner office! At turns seductive, shocking, and laugh-out-loud funny, \u003ci\u003eStartup Hell \u003c\/i\u003emakes a compelling case for selling your soul if it means landing the handsome demon who really gets you. Only Caitlin Rozakis could make a modern fable about desire, fulfillment, and surviving America’s corporate hellscape so much fun!”\u003cbr\u003eVenessa Vida Kelley, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\/illustrator of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Tides Held the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Caitlin Rozakis's writing is both sympathetic and wise, infusing the everyday with magic and grounding magic in a way that speaks to us all.\"\u003cbr\u003eSarah Rees Brennan, author of\u003ci\u003e Long Live Evil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Darkly trenchant and cutting under a delightfully frothy exterior, STARTUP HELL is therapy for anybody who has ever dealt with a toxic boss, an overbearing mother, and\/or a demon lover.\"\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Bear, Hugo-Award winning author of THE FOLDED SKY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delightful and devilish, witty and wicked, Rozakis spins a story of magic in the most unusual of places: the startup marketing grind. I enjoyed every step along the way, whether on this plane or the smokier one.\"\u003cbr\u003eNatania Barron, author of the Queens of Fate series and the Love in Netherford series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A demonically good time—a vicious satire of startup culture and urban fantasy alike, leavened with romance.\" \u003cbr\u003eMax Gladstone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDead Hand Rule \u003c\/i\u003eand co-author of \u003ci\u003eThis is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clever, charming, and as earnest as it can be with demons heavily involved, \u003ci\u003eStartup Hell \u003c\/i\u003econfirms what we've known all along: corporate culture is evil, and the only antidote is love—and the judicious application of cookies and puppies.\"\u003cbr\u003eDelilah S. Dawson, author of \u003ci\u003eBloom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Idyll\u003c\/i\u003e and many more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Packed with Rozakis’s customary wit and charm, Startup Hell is heartfelt and entertaining in perfect measure.“\u003cbr\u003eH. M. Long, author of The Winter Sea series and The Four Pillars series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I absolutely loved the book. \u003ci\u003eStartup Hell\u003c\/i\u003e explores the hellish nature of the corporate world, quite literally, through slapstick humour and entertaining absurdity while illuminating moral ambiguity and the way desire might result in detrimental consequences but also wholesome, and sometimes chaotic, connections. Rozakis brings us on a journey of navigating a first job and finding faith in ourselves, especially when facing conflicts we aren't well-equipped to handle.\"\u003cbr\u003eAi Jiang, author of \u003ci\u003eA River From the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Infernally funny and hellishly heart-warming, \u003ci\u003eStartup Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is a corporate satire for our times. It contractually obliges you to weigh the worth of your soul and wonder what you’d sell it for. The stakes couldn’t be higher with multiple dimensions on the line, but the hellhounds are cute and the baked goods are tasty. Caitlin Rozakis is a modern-day Voltaire.\"\u003cbr\u003eC. S. E. Cooney, author of \u003ci\u003eSaint Death’s Daughter \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Startup Hell is a damn good time! Rozakis has a talent for finding delight in the darkness, and crafting characters you'll root for, even as they stumble. An exploration of the modern marketing labyrinth and the infernal bureaucracy of hellish planes, nothing binds people and demons so much as desire, and hating your job. Invest in this wonderful story today!\" \u003cbr\u003eMartin Cahill, \u003ci\u003eUSA Toda\u003c\/i\u003ey Bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAudition For The Fox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rozakis lured me in with a complete cinnamon roll of a demon love interest, and I stayed seated for the urban fantasy adventure proving MBA Tech Bros give real demons a run for their money.\u003ci\u003e Startup Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is funny, clever, at times surprising deep, and especially satisfying if you’ve ever been trapped in the hell that is corporate marketing.”\u003cbr\u003eGabriella Buba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book was SO much fun, interlacing hilarious situations with deeper questions about work, capitalism, and what it means to sell your soul literally vs. selling it metaphorically was spot on. Terry Pratchett is the go-to example when people want to say \"this humorous fantasy is really great!\" but this was genuinely Pratchett-esque in the way it wove together hilarity and seriousness. I really loved it!\"\u003cbr\u003eNaomi Kritzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStartup Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is fun, fast-paced, and full of heart. Once again, Rozakis deftly explores the absurdity of humanity through a speculative lens, while never losing sight of kindness and hope.\"\u003cbr\u003eA. C. Wise\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStartup Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is diabolically delicious! Caitlin Rozakis crafts a magical combination of darkly humorous office culture, a charming romance that unfolds through the book, complicated but relatable family dynamics, and a whole lot of laughs. Simply brilliant!\"\u003cbr\u003eJendia Gammon, Nebula and BSFA Award Finalist author of \u003ci\u003eDungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoomflower\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGodfestation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE GRIMOIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whimsical, darkly comedic, and incisive, this book was a hilarious, heartfelt fantasy satire for anxious parents everywhere. Rozakis simply does not miss. I'll read anything she writes, and eat it up with gusto.\"\u003cbr\u003eOlivia Atwater \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harry Potter meets Gilmore Girls... Seriously, what's not to like?\"\u003cbr\u003eTom Holt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book knows that our kids deserve better, even if our kids are werewolves. An adorable and hilarious journey through the anxieties of parenting a magical kid enrolled in a questionable schooling system. A little apocalyptic humor reminds us that a fight at school isn't the end of the world—unless it literally is.\"\u003cbr\u003eJohn Wiswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply relatable and uproariously funny, The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association is an intelligent, sharp story that millennial parents are going to inhale. I felt seen! Rozakis is on her way to becoming this generation's Pratchett.\"\u003cbr\u003eKritika H. Rao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clever, charming, and irresistible, this is magic school as you've never seen it before -- through the eyes of a nonmagical parent who is trying her best. It is at once painfully real and also brimming with magic and fun, achieving the rare feat of feeling simultaneously familiar and utterly unique!\" \u003cbr\u003eSarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Once again, Caitlin Rozakis takes the familiar and gives it a spin that cleverly mixes character, danger, and snark, stirring things into a refreshing satire that will be familiar to anyone who has put a child through school.\"\u003cbr\u003eBob Greenberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As a fantasy fan, I found it delightful. As a parent, Vivian’s struggles and anxieties as a mother and partner made me feel seen. A fun read with genuine heart and warmth at its core.”\u003cbr\u003eJim C. Hines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR DREADFUL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An absolutely magnificent comedic fantasy with a hint of bite. This book was a witty, empathetic, and genuinely funny meditation on the nature of good and evil. It was easily one of the best books I've read this year.\"\u003cbr\u003eOlivia Atwater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"DREADFUL is pure fun. Caitlin Rozakis delivers a (loving) send up of classic fantasy tropes alongside a compelling redemption story and plenty of quirky humour. The Dread Lord Gavrax (or Gav, as his memoryless alter ego prefers) is a fantastic character, alternately chilling and sympathetic, and readers will also love the cast of seemingly stock fantasy characters with endearing hidden depths. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003eHeather Fawcett, bestselling author of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It was very kind of Caitlin Rozakis to write this book for me. Sure, the rest of you should like it too, but it was clearly written for me, with all the elements I love: fun and humor, breaking fantasy tropes, interesting and complex questions about identity and redemption, and some delightful goblins!” -Jim C. Hines, author of Goblin Quest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A spellbinding (literally) massacre of all our favourite tropes, underscored with a pleasing dry wit.\"\u003cbr\u003eTom Holt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Caitlin Rozakis cleverly takes the tropes of a fantasy story and upends them in creative and entertaining ways, freshening the genre.\"\u003cbr\u003eRobert Greenberger, Editor, Thrilling Adventure Yarns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With a unique and razor-sharp voice, Rozakis cleverly flips the script on your typical swords-and-sorcery fantasy in Dreadful, with a bumbling dark wizard, a grumpy kidnapped princess, and a crew of smarter-than-they-seem sycophants and goblins who actually run the place. Magic and adventure meet absurdity in a tale that turns tropes on their heads while delivering unexpected twists, clever banter, and irreverent humor. Readers will tear through this quick-witted and fast-paced novel and search eagerly for Rozakis's next creation.\"\u003cbr\u003eMary Fan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Outrageously funny and self aware, Dreadful is perfect for fans of The Princess Bride. Rozakis blends wit and whimsy with a deft hand in this charming debut that had me laughing with every page-turn. A vital addition to the cozy fantasy genre\"\u003cbr\u003eRosiee Thor, author of Tarnished are the Stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Caitlin Rozakis's debut novel, Dreadful, is an absolute delight. Her characters, from the conflicted Gav to the supporting cast, are fully realized and believable beings within their fantastical world. The plot is fast-paced and by turns funny, horrifying, and utterly relatable. I didn't want it to end, even as I kept reading \"just one more page\" because I couldn't wait to find out what happened next.\"\u003cbr\u003eHildy SIlverman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rozakis has conjured a spellbinding debut that is just what it seems to be: clever, whimsical, and a little spicy.” — E.C. Myers, Nebula Award–winning author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dreadful is magnificent! Fun, funny, and brilliantly insightful, this book is such a joy! I absolutely loved every second of it!\" - Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of The Bone MakerCaitlin Rozakis is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDreadful\u003c\/i\u003e. After graduating from Princeton, she has had too many career changes, including mechanical engineering (cut short after the murderous robot incident), finance (amortizing tequila receivables is not as fun as drinking tequila), the American Museum of Natural History (who knew emus had birth certificates?), and a number of marketing positions, some at companies you may have even heard of. She lives in Jersey City with her husband and son. Visit her online at www.caitlinrozakis.com.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233582330085,"sku":"NP9781835415863","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781835415863.jpg?v=1767737278","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/startup-hell-isbn-9781835415863","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}