An unexpected inventive heartfelt riff on the workplace novel-startup realism with a
multiverse twist. -Anna Wiener author of Uncanny Valley Introducing Josh Riedel's
adrenaline-packed debut novel about a dating app employee who discovers a glitch that
transports him to other worlds Once you sign an NDA it's good for life. Meaning legally I
shouldn't tell you this story. But I have to. A college grad with the six-figure debt to prove
it Ethan Block views San Francisco as the place to be. Yet his job at hot new dating app
DateDate is a far cry from what he envisioned. Instead of making the world a better place he
reviews flagged photo queues overworked and stressed out. But that's about to change. Reeling
from a breakup Ethan decides to view his algorithmically matched soulmate on DateDate. He
overrides the system and clicks on the profile. Then he disappears. One minute he's in a
windowless office and the next he's in a field of endless grass gasping for air. When Ethan
snaps back to DateDate HQ he's convinced a coding issue caused the blip. Except for anyone to
believe him he'll need evidence. As Ethan embarks on a wild goose chase moving from dingy
startup think tanks to Silicon Valley's dominant tech conglomerate it becomes clear that
there's more to DateDate than meets the eye. With the stakes rising and a new world at risk
Ethan must choose who-and what-he believes in. Adventurous and hypertimely Please Report Your
Bug Here is an inventive millennial coming-of-age story a dark exploration of the corruption
now synonymous with Big Tech and above all a testament to the power of human connection in
our digital era.
