Ellen Murphy has just landed her first job—at a company on the verge of bankruptcy, where someone is leaking secrets to its competitors. But her new landlord has challenged her to go on a quest to discover the five foundational principles of business information technology. Will she find the principles in time to help save the company from going under? How should she handle her temperamental but attractive boss? And how does a possum fit in? Join Ellen on her journey for a good story with valuable workplace principles.

This rather hefty novel by author Martin Ramsay is part technology primer, part romance, and part keen observation of human interactions in a business setting.  Set in a fictional town in Kentucky, The Possum Principles takes the reader on a journey of discovery as the heroine leaves her protective home and strikes out on her own with a new job in a manufacturing company and a new apartment.  She discovers a lot about how business works, especially how technology is the heartbeat of any modern company, and a lot about herself as well.  She is thrust into an unfamiliar environment and brings the reader along with her during her challenges.  She makes new friends who help her along the way, including her mercurial new boss, and she also confronts some enemies who would do her and her new employer harm.  The journey concludes, of all places, in Sweden, where the learning continues.  It all comes to a very satisfactory conclusion, both professionally and personally.

Author Martin Ramsay has long experience working and consulting in manufacturing plants and with the role of technology to manage businesses through his consulting business, CEATH Company.  He has consulted around the globe, especially doing a lengthy project in Tröllhattan, Sweden.  Thus he writes from personal experience.  From the patois of Appalachian accents to the Swedish scenery, Martin has created a realistic world pitch perfect for a good story, a learning experience, and a satisfying read.