The Eight-Thousanders is a specific exposition on the Founders Syndrome--the egos of men (and a few women) who found tech startups run mostly on brazenness. The setting here is an ascent of Everest. The author well captures both the banal parade to the top and the extreme danger of the climb. Our protagonist is following his boss, Ronnie, on the expedition. Ronnie is doing the ascent without assistive oxygen. They get caught in a whiteout (Ronnie's fault). The speculative element comes from a being something like a vampire that comes to the mountain to feed on doomed climbers. She has taken one from another group and then accompanies the protagonist and Ronnie as their situation worsens.
It's a decent allegory and will tell the story of our times.
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