Falling Stars over Belgrade by Jeffrey Kwitny

Falling Stars over Belgrade by Jeffrey Kwitny

Lights. Camera. Revolution.

Stephen Krawczyk is a Hollywood dreamer. He's on his way to Belgrade, the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, to direct his first feature film, the start of his career as Stephen Crawford, Director and Hollywood Legend.

The production is his first-and possibly his last-chance to make something of himself as a filmmaker. He's also in a struggle to redeem himself with those he loves.

The movie he'll be directing is an ultra-low-budget horror flick that he hopes to turn into a cinematic masterpiece. However, with the rise of Slobodan Milosevic and the fall of Communism, the country behind the Iron Curtain in which the shoot takes place is about to explode into brutal warring fragments. Revolution, duplicitous producers, rebellious actors, colliding cultures-a maelstrom of conflict lies ahead. But worst of all, this stranger in a strange land must face the consequences of betrayal.

This engrossing thriller finds a struggling Hollywood director entangled in a sinister conspiracy that puts him at a crossroads, threatening to upend all that he's worked for. The plot takes numerous unexpected turns as it builds to a shocking climax.

-The Prairies Book Review

A searing insider's peek behind the scenes that takes readers on a roller coaster ride as it depicts an up-and-coming director hanging on for dear life. In the great tradition of Eleanor Coppola's Notes: On the Making of Apocalypse Now and Michael Tolkin's devastating portrait of Hollywood, The Player, Kwitny's story-full of the absurdity and misadventure, manic hope and heartbreak that artists in any field will be able to relate to-rings true.

-Eric Jordan Baker, Deluxe Entertainment