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In prehistory when Vampires rst preyed on humans, they discovered thatif a Vampire transplanted the hair from a young victim’s scalp onto hisown head -- using a secret potion to prevent rejection of the transplant-- the Vampire’s life would be extended by the years the victim’s life wascut short. Periodically doing such transplants, a Vampire could achievevirtual immortality.Press Townsend, a 32-year-old, Boston society plastic surgeon, is baldand insecure about it. He has two passions: Laura, his beautiful, moralisticsweetheart, and science. Press invents a drug that prevents rejection ofhair transplants. It enables him to do excellent hair transplants from cadaverscalps, illegally obtained from morgues. Unaware he has reinvented theancient potion used by Vampires, Press tests his drug on many bald men-- without FDA approval.A small percentage of Press’s patients experience strange charactertransformations. When Press gives himself a transplant from a cadaverscalp, he develops the hair donor’s troubling characteristics -- he drinksto excess, becomes a brawler and cheats on Laura.Sebastian Zander, the powerful 800-year-old Vampire ruler, believes Press’stransplants and growing fame risk public exposure of the ancient Vampiresecret and imperil their survival.Will Press be able to recover his own personality? Will Laura stand by himdespite his illegal activities and in delity? How will the authorities deal withPress? What will the Vampires do?This is the rst novel in The Hair Man® fantasy series.