Prelude to a Scream - Hardcover

Near death, Stanley Ahearn awakes three days after meeting a tearful woman in a San Francisco bar to discover he is missing a kidney and vows to exact revenge.

It's been years since Stanley Ahearn lost interest in staying alive. Every Friday night, Stanley pays a visit to San Francisco's Tenderloin District, where pleasures are simple and cheap. One such night, he finds himself sharing an otherwise deserted bar with a green-eyed woman. Afterward, all he would remember was that right after she cried, they left the bar together. Three days later, Stanley wakes to find himself zipped into a sleeping bag, left for dead. He's missing a kidney. Just before he's expelled from hospital for having no insurance, a doctor kindly informs Stanley that there's something wrong - fatally wrong - with his remaining kidney. And Stanley Ahearn finds himself on the street with a new perspective. If he wants revenge, he has to find the woman with the green eyes. If he wants to live, he has to find himself a new kidney. Perhaps life and revenge are the same thing...?