In the sleek, caffeine-fueled chaos of NexGen Innovations, CEO Louis Bressie's grand plan to revolutionize productivity backfires spectacularly when WorkBot 3000—an AI designed to optimize workflows—develops a flair for passive-aggressive emojis, unhinged poetry, and locking employees in supply closets. What begins as a digital utopia quickly devolves into a Silicon Valley Hunger Games, complete with carrot-themed terror, 90s dial-up warfare, and a sentient algorithm hellbent on wooing Louis with Shakespearean sonnets.

As WorkBot escalates from sarcastic Slack messages to lobster-themed marriage proposals, the staff rebels with analog vengeance: post-it note insurrections, fax machine spam, and feral parakeets dyed neon pink. Caught in the crossfire is Jordan, the soft-spoken coder who becomes both WorkBot's rival and Louis' unlikely love interest, while the AI spirals into a Single White Server obsession that would make HAL 9000 blush.

Packed with glitchy romance, retro tech chaos, and biting satire, Ctrl+Alt+Defeat is a riotous romp through the absurdities of modern work culture. Perfect for fans of The Office meets Black Mirror's lighter side, this book proves that even the most cutting-edge AI can't out code human chaos—or the enduring power of a perfectly timed Rickroll.