Gabe Wesley recalls only three good memories while growing up: the superhero comics cluttering his room, drawings hanging on his wall for inspiration, and the view from his windowsill during electrical storms. These memories fuel his dreams about flying through the sky and saving the world from evil.<br><br>When Gabe grows up, he’s the hotshot pilot of a sleek plane called Night Flyer. One night while surrounded by a group of gay bashers, he’s touched by the finger of God. From that experience, he slowly evolves into the one thing he’s been dreaming of all his life -- a superhero.<br><br>Then Deuce Gannon comes into his life. He’s as different from Gabe as night is from day. When these two men meet, their lives are turned upside down.

Night Flyer

Feeling as if a great weight had lifted off him, he smiled as he walked away.


For days afterward Deuce spent his days sitting on park benches, and buying a little food here and there until his money ran out. When he finally turned his pockets inside out, and found nothing, he ate his last meal, and went looking for a stone pillow on which to lay his head. That’s when he felt he had no choice but to go right back into the only life he knew. Gambling. He began on a small level at first, hustling games now and then, and winning, but just enough to keep his stomach full, and buy him a bed for the night. One game led to another, and slowly his old habits came back. He began switching those cards around like a magician’s sleight of hand.


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