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"I don't know why I was nervous for the first day of auditions. I was not the one trying to get a gig." With these words, Daron begins the story of putting together a band for his lover Ziggy, and preparing to go on an international tour with the "Ziggy Moondog" show. Daron is working himself to the bone to make everything click: the music, the show, and their love life.

But his obligations to another band have Daron out on the road just when he wants to be glued to Ziggy. Can they maintain the passion and commitment to each other when they're thousands of miles apart? Daron has got to find a way.

This is volume ten of the award-winning tale of coming out and coming of age in the rock and roll world of the 1980s and 1990s. Readers call

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