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Startup Hell

by Caitlin Rozakis

A sales target with infernal consequences

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A sales target with infernal consequences

Morgan Blackwater is a junior salesperson at a tech startup whose product is still unclear—and whose boss has died trying to meet a quarterly target through a demonic bargain. When Morgan encounters Lucareoth, the demon left behind, she is pulled between protecting him from her demon-slaying mother and finding a way back from the Infernal Plane. The bargain for her return puts a human soul at stake, forcing Morgan to weigh workplace loyalties against the company’s CEO. The contemporary fantasy setup brings supernatural deals and family conflict into an office world shaped by sales quotas and corporate ambition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in humorous contemporary fantasy with demons and magic.
  • Readers who enjoy stories that mix workplace satire with family conflict.
  • Readers looking for a fantasy premise centered on corporate targets and moral choices.

Themes

Corporate ambitionWorkplace cultureFamily conflictDemonic bargainsMoral choice

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Book overview

A 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.

Morgan 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.

Leaving 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.

Trying 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.

With Caitlin Rozakis's signature wit, STARTUP HELL is a contemporary fantasy that exposes the demonic nature of the corporate world.
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