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Lukeisayoungplaywright—intense,magnetic,andeagerforlife.Heescapesadisastrousupbringinginthenortheastand,arrivinginLondon,meetsPaulDriscoll,anaspiringproducer,andthebeautiful,fieryLeighRadley,thewomanPaulloves.Thethreesetuparadicaltheatercompany,livingandworkingtogether,forgingaromanticconnectionincandlelitrehearsalroomsduringpowercutsandsmokylate-nightpartiesinChelsea'srun-downflats.ThegrittyrebellionofpubtheaterisfightingforitsplaceagainstaWestEnddominatedbyracyrevueshowsandthegiantsoftwentieth-centurydrama.NinaJacobsisafragileactress,bulliedbyhermotherandinthralltoacontrollingproducer.WhenLukemeetsNina,herecognizesasoulindanger—buthowmuchmustherisktosaveher?Everythinghehasfoughtfor—loyalty,friendship,art—isdrawnintotheheatoftheircollision.NoweverythingLukevalues,eventhepromiseofthefuture,isindanger.Suddenlythefalloutthreatenstobeimmense.