Michael Fiegel

Featured on the Lifetime and Netflix TV Series You Michael Fiegel's darkly compelling debut tells the story of an unusual bond between two killers—and the destruction left in their wake. A cold-blooded killer-for-hire, Edison North drifts across America from city to city, crime scene to crime scene, leaving behind a world in flames. But during a seemingly random stop at a fast food restaurant, Edison meets Christian, a young girl who mirrors his own sense of isolation and stink of "other." Though it’s been a long time since he felt anything resembling a human connection, something about this desperately lonely child calls to him like a fallen nestling. Edison feels certain she deserves better. And while he is not convinced that he can give her that, he can teach her to fly on her own. So he takes her. Thus begin the chronicles of Edison North—and his protégé. Weaving together past and present, Edison begins Christian's strange apprenticeship as Christian looks back upon her fractured upbringing and the training that made her into the killer she's become. What emerges is a savage—and ultimately tender—exploration of the unlikely bond between two outsiders: a fledgling assassin and the man who took her under his wing.

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Blackbird

Featured on the Lifetime and Netflix TV show You A darkly compelling debut of an unusual bond between two killers—and the destruction left in their wake. A cold-blooded killer-for-hire, Edison North drifts across America from city to city, crime scene to crime scene, leaving behind a world in flames. But during a seemingly random stop at a fast food restaurant, Edison meets Christian, a young girl who mirrors his own sense of isolation and stink of "other." Though it's been a long time since he felt anything resembling a human connection, something about this desperately lonely child calls to him like a fallen nestling. Edison feels certain she deserves better. And while he is not convinced that he can give her that, he can teach her to fly on her own. So he takes her. Thus begin the chronicles of Edison North—and his protégé. Weaving together past and present, Edison begins Christian's strange apprenticeship as Christian looks back upon her fractured upbringing and the training that made her into the killer she's become. What emerges is a savage—and ultimately tender—exploration of the unlikely bond between two outsiders: a fledgling assassin and the man who took her under his wing.

Tueur professionnel traversant les Etats-Unis au rythme des missions qui lui sont attribuées, Edison North ne laisse que décombres et corps calcinés sur son passage. Lorsqu’il s’arrête acheter un burger au restaurant du coin, il n’a pas prévu de carnage. La seule raison qui le pousse à commettre un nouveau massacre, c’est la solitude. Ce sentiment qui l’habite et qu’il reconnaît dans le regard d’une petite fille, derrière lui dans la queue. Banale au milieu de la foule, il sait qu’elle mérite mieux. Il la kidnappe alors et disparaît sans laisser de traces. Loin de devenir pour lui un jouet ou une prisonnière, Christian sera sa protégée. Les années d’apprentissage qui s’ensuivent, les épreuves qu’ils vont rencontrer vont même les rapprocher. Mais dans un commerce comme le leur, quand les sentiments entrent en jeu, les rôles peuvent vite s’inverser et les prédateurs devenir des proies.

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