From the #1 internationally bestselling author of "Five Days" and "The Blue Hour," a racy page-turner ("London Daily Express") about a Hollywood screenwriter whose overnight success brings about his biggest downfall.
"I ""always wanted to be rich. I know that probably sounds crass, but it s the truth. A true confession. "Like all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he s tasted nothing but failure. Then, out of nowhere, big-time luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television. Before you can say overnight success, he s the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series. Suddenly a major player, he finds that he s reinventing himself at a great speed, especially when it comes to walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer who worships only at the altar of ambition.
But David s upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. David takes the bait and suddenly finds himself inadvertently entering into a Faustian pact and an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle."