The Eighth Dawn

Johnny Flame was of that genus of men born with a restless mind and roving hands. He was a man without humility but they will always treasure him. There was so much they wanted to forget; there was so much they wanted to remember; there was so much they wanted to be a part of. The seven women -the mother he hated to love; the girl to whom he made majestic promises and gave monumental suffering; the nymph who helped him to the fountain of fame whom he discarded as a stepping-stone; the enchantress he sought to conquer and became her captive; the prolific paramour in whom he ignited the blazing quest for motherhood; the starlet with a tragic obsession to possess him; and the woman he vowed to defile and became her devotee. A man resigned to be his sole dictator. A man determined to not die a failure -a dedication that saw him embroiled in murder and organized crime. A man eminently rebel, rogue, saint.