The Hair Man
About this ebook
Press Townsend, a 32-year-old, Boston society plastic surgeon, is bald and insecure about it. He has two passions: Laura, his beautiful, moralistic sweetheart, and science. Press invents a drug that prevents rejection of hair transplants. It enables him to do excellent hair transplants from cadaver scalps, illegally obtained from morgues. Unaware he has reinvented the ancient potion used by Vampires, Press tests his drug on many bald men -- without FDA approval.
A small percentage of Press’s patients experience strange character transformations. When Press gives himself a transplant from a cadaver scalp, he develops the hair donor’s troubling characteristics -- he drinks to excess, becomes a brawler and cheats on Laura.
Sebastian Zander, the powerful 800-year-old Vampire ruler, believes Press’s transplants and growing fame risk public exposure of the ancient Vampire secret and imperil their survival.
Will Press be able to recover his own personality? Will Laura stand by him despite his illegal activities and infi delity? How will the authorities deal with Press? What will the Vampires do?
This is the fi rst novel in The Hair Man® fantasy series.
About the author
Neil Flanzraich was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. On scholarships he graduated, magna cum laude, from both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and became a senior partner in two law firms. He has been in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry for over forty years, playing a major role in building multiple successful pharmaceutical companies. He is now the Executive Chairman of two privately-owned biotech companies: one developing drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease, and the other developing drugs for several cancers and other life-threatening conditions. He originally became interested in fantasy fiction when his sons introduced him to the Harry Potter novels. Mr. Flanzraich uses his legal and biotech background to draw the reader into his imaginative books. He has previously written and self-published a four-novel fantasy series: Geniuses®, Geniuses® II, Geniuses® III, and Geniuses®IV, all of which are available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. The Hair Man is to be the first in a series of Hair Man fantasy novels. Mr. Flanzraich and his wife, Dr. Kira Flanzraich, live in Coral Gables, Florida. They have two adult sons, and two adorable little granddaughters. He hopes you enjoy The Hair Man.
