title: Of Love, Autonomy & Wealth:: Work and Play in the Virtual World (Your Guide to the C-Suite)
author: Dr Patrick McCarty
description: Patrick McCarty publishes and promotes celebrities (the Ballas family of Dancing with the Stars) and bestselling authors (Leigh Michaels, Darlene Quinn), CEOs (Raymund Ku of McDonald's-Taiwan, James Wiberg, Bruce Krysiak, Ron Henrickson) and professional athletes (Kevin McLeod of the Cleveland Browns), first-time authors (Latham Shinder, Bette McNicholas), actors (Julianne Hough), singers (Sofija Knezevic, CB Jean) and more. Let him hear about your publishing, publicity, advertising or promotion project. Global Communications calls McCarty, "the most powerful voice in the industry today."
zlib_text: More Advance Praise  
  for _Ready Player One_
  
   **“[An] adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom** … sweet, self-deprecating Wade,
  whose universe is an odd mix of the real past and the virtual present, is
  **the perfect lovable/unlikely hero.”**
  
   _ **—Publishers Weekly**_
  
   **“The pure, unfettered brainscream of a child of the ’80s** , like a dream
  my thirteen-year-old self would have had after bingeing on Pop Rocks and
  Coke.… **I couldn’t put it down.”**
  
   **—Charles Ardai, Edgar Award–winning author**  
   **and producer of** _**Haven**_
  
   **“Pure geek heaven**. Ernest Cline’s hero competes in a virtual world with
  life-and-death stakes—which is only fitting, because he’s fighting to make his
  dreams into reality. Cline blends a dystopic future with meticulously detailed
  nostalgia to create **a story that will resonate in the heart of every true
  nerd.”**
  
   **—Christopher Farnsworth, author of** _**Blood Oath**_
  
   **“A fantastic adventure set in a futuristic world with a retro heart**. Once
  I star