The Heights of Mountains - Paperback

by Guy Franks (Author)

Based on a true story, The Heights of Mountains tells the tale of CrestPoint

Communications, a start-up company founded in the late 90's during the

Dot-com boom. It follows the classic arc of tragedy-the rise and fall of great

ambition-from humble beginnings in a studio apartment in Silicon Valley to

exuberant growth, early success, and a sudden gut-wrenching ending.

There is the brilliant and capricious Marty Madrid, CEO of CrestPoint, who

quotes the Grateful Dead and envisions himself as the next Steve Jobs. Russ

Chappel is the sophisticate of the group, witty, charming and devilishly

handsome, who beds and then discards beautiful women with an easy

nonchalance. His first lieutenant, Mark Kirkland, is a driven, self-made

man in search of something more-something eternal to fill the dark hole

in his soul, while Stuart Baum, the CFO of CrestPoint, will do "whatever

it takes," including fraud and blackmail, to stay atop the mountain. Then

there is Gwen Novak, a talented and ambitious outsider, who is brought in as

president to right the ship but has dirty secrets of her own and a cutthroat

plan to save the company.

Part homage to Harold Robbins, The Heights of Mountains, provides a lively

and engaging narrative filled with unforgettable characters, stylish smut,

and multiple subplots. It depicts the inner workings of corporate America

with candid accuracy while capturing an era in our history acclaimed for its

revolutionary technology-an era equally marked by hip self-absorption and

streaks of foolhardiness. But despite the madcap ambitions and shattered

dreams, the heartbeat of this sprawling saga is one of redemptive love and

spiritual enlightenment.