The Dangers of Dying takes you on Damien Develesque's journey across the globe, from the foothills of Table Mountain, where he starts to see his freedom bleed away, to the cosmopolitan cornucopia of London where he careens head-on with an unrelenting hunter, to the washing machine of humanity that is Paris, where he plumbs the dark reaches of his own depression. Damien is a boy about to become a man. His happy existence is destroyed in mere days as he is catapulted into a world with mortal realities which he must face in order to survive. He must do all he can in order to conquer the tumultuous life which is thrust upon him. He must claw up and out of the darkness which surrounds him if he is to have a chance at happiness in his life. Damien bursts out of adolescence into adulthood, accepting himself and his limited world. He is prey, and learns that through acceptance comes the ultimate power and the potential to become a predator. A goal he is forced to adopt. For Damien Develesque dying is just the beginning - fighting back is what makes him who he will become....