What would you do if, for no reason, someone decided to use you to get ahead? To ride your back to the top? And then what would you do if that same someone decided to take over the rest of your life as well? If, like Bob Comstock, your life consists of an unhealthy fixation on karaoke, you've found yourself in an unpleasant situation. This is Emperor Penguin, a novel about karaoke and being taken over.