American Dragon: A Novel

“I learned a long time ago to never fall in love with your dealer. The guy selling you crack isn’t there to be your friend. But there aren’t any rules when it’s the dealer of your drugs.” Recreational bodybuilder and Oklahoman Chris shines bright in his beige world of IT. After years of hard work, he pursues the darker side of bodybuilding. What starts as casual steroid use soon grows into a small drug manufacturing empire.When a business trip brings him to San Francisco during Dore Alley, a prominent BDSM/leather fair, Chris plunges into the experience guided by Ryan, a high-profile meth dealer he met on a gay hook-up site.San Francisco gleams with promise, party, and play. But when Chris faces questions about love and longevity, happiness and confidence, he must choose between his safe existence and Ryan’s vibrant unsustainability. American Dragon exposes chemsex culture, the whirlwind world of gay hookups, and the ends we’re willing to go to find someone just as insane as ourselves.