Nick de Blegny Publishing

IT'S LIFE, IT'S DEATH, IT'S ART, IT'S AUTHORSHIP – AND IT'S MINE.

Once upon a time, Andy Warhol promised them they'd be famous. They were his superstars: hapless nobodies with names like Scott Tissue, Bob Noxious, Aqua Velveteen, Ingmara Bergperson. They had their fifteen minutes – and faded back into oblivion. Now, one by one, they're starting to die.....

Back in the 1960s Dan Does was a superstar, working away on his Trip Book,  a phantasmagorical mishmash of forms – from faxes and photos to memos, memoirs, and TV scripts. Then his rival Joe Democracy was murdered, and Dan Does dropped out of sight, an apparent suicide.

Twenty-five years later Christian TV executive Daniel Dunne's past life is finally catching up with him..... Somewhere out there a killer is closing in on Dan. A killer intent on completing Dan's trip book, and creating his own grisly work of art – a collaborative piece for 13 victims. And Dan's been allotted a starring role.

"The Noyim are a race of perverts, corrupt of body and of mind! You should be happy there."

Thus did Bey’s grandfather send him into exile. And Bey has indeed been happy — until now.

Because now Bey’s in deep trouble. His rich young friend Sanja Gwahnal is dead, killed by contraband biological technology, and suddenly everyone has Bey in their sights.

The Commonwealth — Bey’s own people — are pushing him to spill the name of Sanja’s bi­-tech dealer. The dealer has other ideas. He’d like Bey silenced — permanently.

The locals are pushing him to blame Sanja’s parents for the murder: on Noyan, children decide if their parents live or die, and Sanja Gwahnal was approaching the age of Choosing...

And then things start to get complicated...