The Ordeal of Riley McReynolds

The story takes the reader on a journey through a modern American
corporation where bottom-line profit and individual glory take precedence
over all else, including the welfare of ordinary employees.
As a senior administrative officer with a large insurance and financial
services company, Riley McReynolds deals day in and day out with a wide
assortment of egos, personalities and political game-players, led by the son
of a backwoods religious fanatic who struggles mightily to grow rich and gain
status through a finely tuned blend of bravado, social climbing, and the
power of the imperial chairmanship.
Thinking he had seen everything there was to see when a prosecutor and
criminal defese attorney, McReynolds is strangely unprepared for the
Byzantine politics and insular dysfunction of The Lindbergh Companies. When,
because of the company's relationship with a large and powerful area family,
a routine government filing relating to an attempted money laundering becomes
a political hand grenade, McReynolds finds himself at a moral intersection
involving his own career and the welfare of Liddy Jonssen, an up-and-coming
middle manager.
Against the backdrop of a massive downsizing and the political
machinations of The Lindbergh's senior leadership, the author manages to
entertain us with searing social commentary, side-splitting humor, and,
ultimately, a touching tale of the central importance of individual
responsibility and moral choice. ABOUT THE
Michael O'Rourke is a former law firm partner, state
district court judge, and corporate executive. He attended Creighton
University and the University of Minnesota, where he received degrees in
liberal arts and law.

Michael O'Rourke is a former law firm partner, state district court judge, and corporate executive. He attended Creighton University and the University of Minnesota, where he received degrees in liberal arts and law.