Wolfgang Schorlau Reads "Das kalte Werk"

A Dengler thriller that’s right on the cutting edge: about the fantasies of CEOs and what a fully realized form of capitalism holds in store for the workers in its engine rooms.

HYPER1, the American tech billionaire, is being chauffeured through San Francisco, dreaming of disruption, of brilliant innovations, and of a world in which no moral questions or democratic obstacles stand in the way of the strongest. His thoughts soar high into space—is that the place for this society of the future? Then news reaches him from East Germany: at his factory, the union is threatening to take over the majority on the works council.

And when a lifeless body is pulled from a car body press, it’s a case for Georg Dengler. Together with Olga, he investigates at the plant, among workers and managers, and uncovers a dark secret.