Summary

Twenty-four year-old Mae Holland arrives for her first day of work at the technology company, the Circle, on a sunny Monday in June, in the Customer Experience department. She is amazed by the company’s campus, thinking of it like Heaven, from its landscaping to the daycare it runs for the children of employees. The company is one of the most admired and powerful, and hires hundreds of new minds each year. The company’s logo is a knitted grid with a “C” in the center of the grid. Mae has secured the job through her former college roommate and good friend, Annie, who is two years older and who has developed a sisterly bond with Mae. Annie, after receiving her MBA from Stanford, was snatched up by the Circle. Annie insists she had nothing to do with Mae being hired, but...