*Named a Best SFF Book of 2022 by Book Riot*
They're underemployed. Underpaid. And trying to survive the end of the
world while trapped inside an office complex. Who knew temp work could
be this dangerous?
Jacob Elliot doesn't want a temporary job in the mailroom at Delphi
Enterprises, but after two post-college years of unpaid internships and
living in his parents' basement, he needs the work. Then, on his first
day, the unthinkable happens: toxic gas descends on a meeting in
Delphi's outdoor amphitheater, killing all the regular employees and
leaving Jacob stranded inside the vast office complex.
Wandering through Delphi headquarters, Jacob finds other survivors:
Lauren, the disillusioned classics major who's now writing online
personality quizzes; Swati, the fitness instructor trying to escape a
toxic relationship; and Dominic, the business school student who will do
almost anything to get ahead. Stranded in the wreckage of the company
that employed them, the temps band together to create a miniature world
that's part spring break, part office culture--until a shocking
discovery disrupts the survivors' self-made paradise and drives them to
uncover the truth about the mysterious corporation that employed them
and the apocalypse that brought their world to an end.
A surprising, profound tribute to the absurdities and paranoia of modern
life, The Temps is an epic exploration of survival and human
connection in the digital age.
