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With the help of their American business partner Sam Chandler, Herbert Hinrich and his right hand, Joe Manner, build up a small German watch-manufacturer into a leader in its industry. Since their company has neither financial resources nor unique products, its astounding success is nothing but the result of the cunning and ruthlessness of its management team, the Wolf Pack.
The fast-paced story about tax evasion, money-laundering, fraud, intrigue, and murder takes the reader from the outskirts of Munich to the vibrant vitality of Manhattan, from the South African wilderness to Tokyo’s nightlife, from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong to the serenity of Alberobello in Italy.
After Herbert Hinrich retires, Joe Manner’s colleagues go for his throat. Yet they are no match for his resourcefulness. The novel culminates in a surprising climax.
Gollwitzer develops a realistic corporate culture where the managers as a pack fight for market share and at the same time are at each others throats. Achieving an exciting plot of surprising twists and turns, the author captures the real struggles, doubts, fears, and desires of managers when it comes to palm-sweating decisions. Managers who are honored as outstanding citizens and benefactors are in actual fact without any care for other people, the society and the environment.
The story unfolds in front of the backdrop of the history of watch making. The reader shivers at the spine chilling story of the invention of the pocket watch that was triggered off by murder and a subsequent manhunt through medieval Nuremberg.
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