<p>Welcome To The Neighborhood To outsiders, San Francisco is all one big city. But to those in the know, there is SoMa, South of Market, where sleek eateries are squeezed between bail bonds storefronts and high-priced lofts look out over still rough edges. It's home to a generation of hipsters disillusioned by the dotcom bust, restless and searching for the next thrill, the next high, the next step too far. Sex, drugs, kink-you can find it anywhere in SoMa, if you know where to look. But first, you'll need your tour guides. There's Raphe, a writer torn between two worlds, belonging to neither. Lauren, the poor little rich girl living on the edge and pushing farther out. Mark, beautiful and cruel, who lives for games, the more extreme, the better. Baptiste, hot, smooth, and maybe as real as it gets. And Julie, both an object of desire and a pretty pawn to be played. In a glittering, surreal subculture of private sex clubs and kept boys, identity theft and betrayal, nihilism, redemption, and sometimes love, they're spinning out of control and into each other's orbits, desperately looking for something real-something that will show them who they really are. In this provocative, intense novel, Kemble Scott puts a new neighborhood on the literary map for good, in a tale that is disturbing, gritty, wholly original, and utterly unforgettable. Praise for SoMa and Kemble Scott: "Scott provides us with an insider's look at a little known and gritty underground world . . . Shockingly, his raw and gritty account of this dark world is all true, which makes for an even more fun ride" -Andy Behrman, bestselling author of Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania "I read the first page of SoMa and never put it down until I read the last page . . . I know people who are less real than these characters" -Joe Quirk, bestselling author of The Ultimate Rush "SoMa tells . . . what's really happening in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood .</p>

SoMa

Literature & Fiction

Scott, Kemble

United States

Kensington Trade

<p>The Da Vinci Code meets Sex and The City in this twisted, page-turning thriller about a virus that cures all diseases, but the only way to pass it to others is through sex. Bill Soileau is the last guy you'd expect to save the world. From the shocking opening chapter of The Sower, Bill is the ultimate bad boy. A deviously handsome player in the world of San Francisco's sexual underground, he doesn't seem to care for anyone except himself. Then while on assignment working overseas in remote Armenia, he's infected with a manmade supervirus that appears to be a cure for all diseases. With the help of a brilliant French doctor, Bill soon discovers he's the sole carrier, and the only way to pass the miracle cure onto others is through sex. When word gets out, Bill finds himself on the most wanted list. He's the ultimate weapon in the culture wars, pitting him against right wing ideologies, religious extremists, and the most famous pop star on the planet.</p>

The Sower

Literary

Vox Nova

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