Soundings
Tom Schilling
CEO, InterMountain Corporate Affairs, Denver, CO, and former reporter: Chicago Tribune and Rocky Mountain News
"From corporate plots over beers at the Wynkoop to scandal in the Tech Center, Charland’s Soundings exudes the real Denver—and few protagonists offer such a clear-eyed view of a corporate world gone whacko as Hawk Kidree, an ink-stained wretch of a hero with one foot in flackdom and the other up the bad guy’s ass."
Rich Feller
Professor, Colorado State University, and coauthor of
Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed
"Soundings cleverly ‘peeks’ (read the story and you’ll get it) into Denver’s high-tech buzz and corporate downsizing, through a lens of enticing relationships and sly business transactions that go awry. Charland’s sharp pen offers an intriguing read."
Jon Talton
Author of the David Mapstone mysteries, including
Arizona Dreams
"Bill Charland has captured the go-go years in Denver with Soundings. The characters are appealing, and his knowledge and affection for the city are apparent."
David Van Meter
Author of
Body of Evidence and
Necessary Evil
"In the great American tradition of Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco comes Bill Charland’s fascinating tale of greed, hubris, and corporate folly. Soundings takes us back to a world looking the other way while the harbingers of today’s heinous corporate scandals and collapses were first flitting across the radar. I couldn’t put it down."