Gold & Glory

Gold & Glory by Luke Marusiak, published by Xlibris Corporation LLC on September 24, 2014, is a fiction novel that explores the journey of a diverse group from Pennsylvania. This eclectic team includes ex-U.S. military personnel, young PhDs from various regions, and AT&T Bell Labs expatriates in Silicon Valley during the 1990s. Together, they embark on an ambitious mission to excel in computer chip semiconductor equipment manufacturing, challenging the prevailing belief that American technical prowess was in decline.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into the passionate clashes, heartbreaking losses, and stunning achievements of this group as they navigate the complexities of their industry. The story highlights their hopes and dreams while tackling the risks of a bold strategy against formidable competition. As part of the Good Fight Series, this edition continues the arcs of characters introduced in previous works, setting the stage for their further development in the upcoming installment, Thump & Riposte. With 426 pages, this English-language novel offers an engaging look at one of the great untold stories of the 1990s.
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Five from Pennsylvania, a diverse group themselves, join one of the most eclectic and talented group ever assembled that includes ex-U.S. Military fresh from victories in both the Cold War and Desert Storm; young PhDs from the United States, Asia, India, Europe, and Israel, the recent surge of technical women in the workforce; and AT&T Bell Labs expatriates in the 1990s Silicon Valley. This team and their company do what pundits long believed impossible–beat the Japanese in computer chip semiconductor equipment manufacturing. Defying both the government-subsidized consortium and the presumed inexorable American technical decline, the group takes on all comers in a risky and audacious strategy to dominate an industry long given up as lost. the passionate clashes, heartbreaking losses, and stunning achievements highlight the lives, hopes, and dreams in one of the great untold stories of the 1990s. This novel is part of the Good Fight Series and continues the stories of the characters from Marx & Ford, Loud & Clear, and Fear & Hope. the Good Fight Series follows these characters into the tumultuous early years of the twenty-first century in the upcoming Thump & Riposte.
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