The Plot to Get Bill Gates: An Irreverent Investigation of the World’s Richest Man . . . and the People Who Hate Him

This month, authors Po Bronson, Gary Rivlin, and Kara Swisher join in a seven-city journey aptly named the Silicon Valley Bleeding Edge Book Tour. In the high-tech realm, cutting edge won't do. Rather, innovation must run deep. It must draw blood. The tour opens in San Jose and ends in Austin.

Some 35 miles south…