The astonishingly explicit, behind-the-scenes novel from a music industry insider -- the real story behind the sex, drugs, and payoffs. . . .

An ambitious music manager who knows his way around the scene, Dark has discovered an unknown singer who isn't going to stay unknown for long: With a little grooming in and out of the studio, Brian Barnes is destined to become the next R&B superstar. Dark makes a deal with Sony that shoots Brian's first single -- a funked-up remix of a Marvin Gaye cover -- to the top of the charts. On a national tour designed to keep the momentum going, the two indulge in their own sexual Olympics in every city from New York to L.A. But along the way, Dark sees Brian fall victim to the Fever, that unique combination of ego, sex addiction, and self-destruction. And when Brian's clouded mind begins to mistrust the very man who brought him to the top -- Dark -- he walks a razor-thin line between the ecstatic heights and dangerous depths of fame.