After the infatuation with The Phoenix Project, I jumped on the follow-up book; The Unicorn Project which takes place in same time frame and fictional company as the previous book, but from the perspective of a software developer.

While the better part of the book shares the story of the struggle that the company went trough, it has a much different tone. As it highlights the work of the "rebellion", the small group of people who wants to topple the evil empire.

And that's where I start to take conflict with the book. Some of the people in the rebellion, being heralded as heroes in this book, were described as the source of much headache in the previous book. Perhaps this is with purpose, but it felt weird to me. Along with the fact that the main character is portrayed as bit of a super hero, with nothing but excellent ideas and little room for growth.

There are also some notable events that went completely unmentioned this time around. I would have loved to hear more about Sarah Moulton's rogue operations and the relation to, well, this rogue operation.

By the circa last quarter of the book I lost a lot of interest. The conflicts were over mostly over and the pastures are green as far as the eye can see. All in all, it was perhaps a bit too happy for my taste, as the company is transformed into this revolutionary enterprise who attracts top notch talent from all over the world and can do nothing wrong. From zero to hero.

It's a good book, but I liked the other one better.