SEVERANCE PACKAGE, by Duane Swierczynski

(originally posted on May 26, 2008)

I've been wanting to talk about this book for a year, which is when I read it the first time, and now that it's finally, finally out amongst the masses, I can say how flat-out fantastic it is, how it was impossible to stop reading and how I found myself rooting for the most psychopathic people to kick some serious ass. This isn't an office from hell but an office in the midst of chaotic nuclear winter that proceeds to get even worse for the characters - and way better for the reader.