NATE’S NEW AGE, by Michael Hanson

Darkly comic and fast-paced, Nate’s New Age is the bastard son of Bright Lights, Big City, and All That Jazz. A 28-year-old skydiving instructor searches for — and avoids — meaning in his life through substance-abuse and sexual adventure. His most controlled moments are jumping out of a plane at 15,000 feet. Nate knows it is time to plant his feet on solid ground. Will he make changes, or has he become addicted to the plunge?