Sudden Superstar

What happens when one goes from obscurity to celebrity, overnight?Thirty-year-old Arya Alvarez is a travel manager at Isle Z, a luxury travelcompany in Singapore where she creates bespoke trips for celebrities andinfluencers. Discretion is her specialty at work and personal life: Few peopleknow that she’ s fled her home city, Manila, to get away from the scene of adevastating break-up.When she travels to Svaneti, in the Republic of Georgia, Arya brieflyencounters the mysterious Dave in a remote village high up the Caucasusmountains. Intrigued, she posts his photos on Instagram— which goesviral the very next day. Turns out, Dave is Davit Nadibaidze, a famous yetreclusive artist who’ d retreated from the public five years ago and Arya isthe first person to see him since he disappeared.In less than twenty-four hours, Arya gains hundreds of thousands offollowers. She’ s deluged with invitations to talk shows, influencer parties,and celebrity junkets, all as her social media apps overflow with DMs,tags, and comments, both nice and nasty. Men are suddenly vying for herattention, including her ex, Jake.

What happens when one goes from obscurity to celebrity, overnight?Thirty-year-old Arya Alvarez is a travel manager at Isle Z, a luxury travelcompany in Singapore where she creates bespoke trips for celebrities andinfluencers. Discretion is her specialty at work and personal life: Few peopleknow that she’ s fled her home city, Manila, to get away from the scene of adevastating break-up.When she travels to Svaneti, in the Republic of Georgia, Arya brieflyencounters the mysterious Dave in a remote village high up the Caucasusmountains. Intrigued, she posts his photos on Instagram— which goesviral the very next day. Turns out, Dave is Davit Nadibaidze, a famous yetreclusive artist who’ d retreated from the public five years ago and Arya isthe first person to see him since he disappeared.In less than twenty-four hours, Arya gains hundreds of thousands offollowers. She’ s deluged with invitations to talk shows, influencer parties,and celebrity junkets, all as her social media apps overflow with DMs,tags, and comments, both nice and nasty. Men are suddenly vying for herattention, including her ex, Jake.