I've read Showstopper twice and heartily recommend it. If you liked Soul of a New Machine, you'll probably like Showstopper - it's the same kind of technically

I've read Showstopper twice and heartily recommend it. If you liked Soul of a New Machine, you'll probably like Showstopper - it's the same kind of technically accurate account of a grueling quest to build a huge, complex system (but at a time when CPU, memory and disk space were much more constrained resources than they are today).