The real drama comes chapters later, when the roving motorcycle gangs attack. And then the Army comes. But don't think of this book as fiction. You'll enjoy it much more as a survivalist manual that just happens to have a plot. The fine print of the deal confines him to the corporate grounds, which offer movie theaters and plush casinos but little contact with the outside world.
Armed guards ensure no programmers have second thoughts.
In short, Woodson is a prisoner. When he registers the enormity of the company's betrayal, he attempts escape. That's when the intrigue begins. Glitch , by David Kedson, follows Woodson as he begins to unravel a skein of deception that leads to international skullduggery involving the Indonesian government. Certainly, and that's one of the book's weaknesses.