--- title: Eyeball Wars | David Meerman Scott description: "Eyeball Wars: The first thriller ever written about an internet startup. Racy and riveting, Eyeball Wars is delighting savvy readers with an addictive tale packed with memorable characters. Get your copy now." --- [Skip to main content](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/books/eyeball-wars#maincontent) # Eyeball Wars ##### The first thriller ever written about an internet startup. Racy and riveting, Eyeball Wars is delighting savvy readers with an addictive tale packed with memorable characters. ![Eyeball-Wars-Large](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_Assets/Website%20Images/Large%20Book%20Cover%20Images/Eyeball-Wars-Large.webp?width=1390&height=2053&name=Eyeball-Wars-Large.webp) ## A novel of dot-com intrigue Moving as quick as a mouse-click from Tokyo to New York City, from Silicon Valley to Sydney, from Nantucket to Amsterdam, Eyeball Wars spans cultures and continents, giving the insider's perspective on the struggles of dot-com start-ups and the clash between old media and new. He seems to have it all: youth, money, fame and a TV-star girlfriend. But Richard is booted out of the family’s worldwide newspaper empire with only the shell of an internet company to his name. She seems to have nothing: a salary slave in Japan’s giant Kuriyama Corporation, Mariko must find an Internet company to fund in order to save her job, ambitions, and self-esteem. Racy and riveting, Eyeball Wars is delighting savvy readers with an addictive tale packed with memorable characters. Buy the Book [ Learn More ](https://www.amazon.com/Eyeball-Wars-novel-dot-com-intrigue/dp/0970141483) ## About the Author Our always-on, Web-driven world has new rules for competing and growing business. Advance planning is out – agile is IN! Those who embrace new ways will be far more successful than those who stay stuck and afraid to change. No one knows more about using the new Real-Time tools and strategies to spread ideas, influence minds and build business. 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"Scott injects some brio when he skewers the greed and fast-track lifestyles of the rich and famous, and he has an insider's perspective on the way deals get done in the dot-com world." #### "...delivers dot-com freshness on every page." “With the elements of a traditional best-selling novel, including exotic locales, family bickering and juicy scandals, Eyeball Wars successfully delivers dot-com freshness on every page.” ![ForeWord Magazine](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Testimonial%20Images/ForeWord%20Magazine.jpeg?width=40&height=48&name=ForeWord%20Magazine.jpeg) ForeWord Magazine #### “...terrific debut from a young novelist...” “Eyeball Wars is a terrific debut from a young novelist; his characterizations are spot-on and his writing style splits the difference between, say, Martin Amis and Jay McInerny.” ![BookPage](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_Assets/Website%20Images/BookPage.webp?width=40&height=40&name=BookPage.webp)BookPage #### “...fast, hip, self-reverential and amusingly serendipitous...” “Like the dot-com world it portrays, Eyeball Wars is a fast, hip, self-reverential and amusingly serendipitous, a perfectly quirky novel of a perfectly quirky industry that is making up its own rules even as you read this.” ![Fort Myers News-Press](https://www.davidmeermanscott.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_Assets/Website%20Images/Fort%20Myers%20News-Press.webp?width=40&height=40&name=Fort%20Myers%20News-Press.webp)Fort Myers News-Press #### “...fast-paced, winner-take-all world of the Internet...” “fast-paced, winner-take-all world of the Internet… [Eyeball Wars] has everything, money, risk, sex, international wheeling and dealing. 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