Severed Wings

<p>Altman (<em>Deprivers</em>) combines the divine and the profane in this erotically charged urban fantasy.-Publishers Weekly</p><p><strong>Imagine <em>Leaving Las Vegas </em>meets <em>City of Angels </em>and <em>American Gods</em> and you can imagine the power of <em>Severed Wings</em>.</strong></p><p>Brandon Jones a handsome hopeful young actor stands on the verge of fame and fortune-when a car accident shatters his life bringing his career to a screeching halt. Isolating himself he cuts off his friends and family turns to booze for companionship and withdraws to a small apartment on Sunset Boulevard. Now the only people he interacts with are a drag queen and a student working her way through college as an escort.</p><p>Brandon has nothing to live for...until a startlingly beautiful young couple moves in across the hall. Spying through the peephole in his door he grows increasingly obsessed with his new neighbors-and the parade of damaged strangers who visit them at all hours. </p><p>Then something seemingly impossible happens that convinces him that this mysterious couple can help restore all he lost.</p><p>Brandon insinuates himself into their lives and finds himself on a journey from despair into hope-as an ancient secret from the dawn of time draws him head to head with a terrifying foe bent on destroying everything he's now come to love.</p><p>Once again Steven-Elliot Altman dares to place his readers in the company of an embittered anti-hero in the same manner that inspired Paul Goat Allen of The Barnes & Noble Review to call his bestselling novel <em>Deprivers</em> One of those rare novels that will haunt the reader's subconscious for a long time. The author has produced a timeless work that tempts our greater demons and provokes our higher angels. </p><p>An erotic and lyrical fantasy thriller aptly set in the city of lost angels. - Poppy Z. Brite author of LOST SOULS and EXQUISITE CORPSE</p><p>In <em>Severed Wings</em> Altman delivers a thrilling roller-coaster ride plunging us headlong into dark territories fraught with unexpected pivots and twists.-Stephen Susco screenwriter of <em>The Grudge</em></p><p> Steve Altman's SEVERED WINGS is a tour de force of the Weird. Eat of the fruit and take a truly mesmerizing trip through a glass darkly. I did and I can't wait to do it again.-Nancy Holder <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author (The Wicked Saga with Debbie Viguie)</p><p>[an] ethereal story about the damage of the past and the hope for a better personal future.-Booklist</p><p> This dark alluring story will appeal to urban fantasy fans.-Publishers Weekly</p><p><em>Severed Wings</em> will make you believe in angels and demons and everything in between at least until you turn the last page.-Kaye Lynn Booth Writing to be Read</p><p><br></p>