Starving artist Paul Desmontes receives a life-changing offer. But at what cost? When Paul Desmontes receives an invitation to join the Elite Illustration Society, his financial woes finally seem at an end. He can look past the firm's pastiche, commercial style, If it means food in his belly and heat in the harsh Northeast winter. But when his assignment appears to change on the page, he may soon regret his decision. Because either he's losing his mind ... or he's about to discover something far worse than poverty.