The Cyclone Release
a novel

The Cyclone Release by Bruce Overby is a definitive page-turning corporate fiction that will blow your mind and leave you wanting to read more works by the author! This book is a heady mix of engaging prose, a captivating concept and a well-executed story developed around extremely realistic and rela......more

The Cyclone Release is an authentic peek into what it's like to grow up and work in Silicon Valley. Highly recommended. Decades ago, when I moved to California from Massachusetts for a tech job, Silicon Valley was already covered in office parks. I was intrigued by how many SV natives spoke longingly......more

In clean, meticulous prose, Overby transports the reader back to the late 1990s tech boom, ground zero of a fictional start-up, Janela, and the centripetal force of software creation, the titular Cyclone Release. Against this back-drop–brought to life as only an insider can–we get a story of collisi......more

This very compelling debut by Bruce Overby takes place in Silicon Valley during the tech boom, when the region is still transforming from pastoral orchards to subdivisions full of newly minted IPO millionaires. Brendon, our main character, is a local technical writer trying to get past the sudden de......more