The Badge
Caudill, Will Let the reader beware.
Things are not going well for Ali Kim. On the same day he loses his work badge, his boss tells him, "the boss wants to see you." The idea of seeing his boss's boss is not something that fills Ali with glee or delight. Imagine your boss says, out of the blue, "the boss wants to see you" and then provides you no further explanation. Do you feel delight? Do you feel glee? Ali Kim does not.
While Ali navigates the labyri...