Exposure — Kurt Wenzel

Los Angeles, a few years from now. Technology has changed
the rules of the movie business with old, long-dead stars
brought digitally back to life. Billboards cover every
available surface of the city, beaming out a constant flood
of commercials starring the likes of John Wayne, Marilyn
Monroe, and--the great exception, the last "real" movie
star--Colt Reston.
But something is going wrong: A group of anti-tech
rebels are attacking the billboards, inspired by a mysterious
manifesto known as "The Black Book." A burnt out
screenwriter addicted to the latest hot drug finds his world
wobbling. Colt takes ill with an unexplained disease--
perhaps literally dying of overexposure. A guru who might
know why has vanished. And then Montgomery Clift
suddenly walks off his virtual set and goes AWOL....
A blistering mash-up of William Gibson, The Ring, and
Chuck Palahniuk, EXPOSURE is a great step forward for
Kurt Wenzel. Convulsive and thrilling, EXPOSURE is a
devastating tour de force by one of the best novelists
working today.