The Least Resistance — Marcus Freestone

11 year old Sarah almost dies during a violent gang attack in school. Aged 21 she starts a new job in an I.T. office and is confronted in the pub after work by her stalker who over the next few years becomes an increasing presence in her life and the situation quickly builds to one of nightmarish proportions. Her judo skills will keep her safe, or will they? Not only that but she and her colleagues have to cope with the world's most incompetent, insane boss and the dreariness of their stuck-in-a-rut lives. Her friends at work are also coping with religiously obsessed parents, psychotic girlfriends, and the existential void their lives have become. This is a tragi-comic novel about everyday life, random chance and making (or not making) choices.