Ten Little Guppies
About The Book
Ten Little Guppies
‘Ten Little Guppies’ traces the journey of ten driven entrepreneurs traveling by luxury train from Quebec City to Montreal. On the brink of launching an innovative app, they are convinced their venture will bring them fame and fortune. The mood is bright as the team settles into their private car, eager to celebrate their impending success. But as the snow-covered landscape rolls by, the atmosphere begins to shift. Long-suppressed rivalries and personal secrets come to light. When one of their own is discovered dead, the sense of triumph turns into fear and suspicion.
Chapters
Ten Little Guppies
Chapter 1
Ice Dreams and Digital Gold
It began with ice.
Not the boring, dull type that clings to pavements, but the kind that ignites with intensity when the light strikes it perfectly. By midday, Quebec City had turned into an icy paradise, a location where dreams had been shaped, quite literally, from icy water.
Chapter 2
Cosmetics, Crystals, and Corporate Hierarchy
It was really rather astonishing how briskly human beings took to comfort. Barely an hour ago, they’d been trudging through salted slush, their faces ruddy with wind and their fingers too stiff to tap a screen properly, though that hadn’t stopped them trying, bless them, like addicts clawing for a last fix. And now? Now they had made themselves quite at home, lounging on the velvet sofas as though born to them,
Chapter 3
Power, when exercised properly, rarely needs to raise its voice. It simply exists and is often seated in the best chair.
But then again, Roger had never been one for subtlety.
Where some leaders whispered and were obeyed, Roger preferred to arrive like an unexpected weather system. If authority could be measured in decibels,
Chapter 4
Sharks Versus Guppies
Pride bruises louder than bone.
Roger stormed down the corridor with the stiff-legged pace of a man recently humiliated but unwilling to walk like one. The train swayed gently, which only made things worse. It felt like even the floor was mocking him. Luxurious, yes, but smug about it.
Chapter 5
Morning has a way of peeling back illusions, no matter how velvet the curtains or polished the cutlery.
The snow had thickened overnight. It stuck now to the windowpanes in fine lace patterns, like nature’s attempt at interior design.
Why Read It
Ten Little Guppies
With trust evaporating, each person must confront the possibility that the greatest threat isn’t outside the train but sitting beside them. Set against a backdrop of ambition and cold beauty, ‘Ten Little Guppies’ is a tense and layered story about the price of success and the dangers that can arise when loyalty is tested. As alliances fracture and motives blur, no one can be sure who will make it to Montreal alive.