The Man Who Printed Trouble

Adam has three problems: his job is at risk, his experiment is working too well, and Imogen from accounts might actually like him.

Adam’s company is “people-first” in the same way sharks are vegetarian: technically possible, but not supported by the evidence.

With layoffs spreading, managers lying, and the technology team drinking its way through each Friday disaster with dubious dating advice, Adam has more than enough troubles. He is broke, overworked, socially awkward, and trying to finish a university project using equipment he can barely afford.

The project is meant to be harmless.

Mostly.

But when Adam’s experiments begin producing results that should be impossible, his small townhouse laboratory becomes the centre of a secret too valuable to ignore. Soon office politics, personal revenge, scientific ambition, and one very observant neighbour are on a collision course.

Adam wanted a breakthrough.

He may have created a disaster.

A darkly funny science-fiction story about office politics, accidental genius, and the awkward courage required to ask someone out.