[1] Fade Away is a novel featuring Myron Bolitar, a sports agent, hired by the New Jersey Dragons to find a missing basketball star.

Myron Bolitar is a sports agent and sometimes investigator, called by Clip Arnstein, the owner of the New Jersey Dragons.

Clip wants Myron to take Greg's place on the team, feeling that the other players would be more open with him rather than an investigator.

The two men discover a mysterious woman had left a message on Greg's answering machine to arrange a meeting the night he vanished.

The investigation takes several twists and turns, involving custody battles between Greg and his wife Emily, a former girlfriend of Myron's, and the assistance of Audrey Wilson, the sports reporter that covers the New Jersey Dragons.

Audrey uncovers the real reason that Myron is on the team, and convinces him that the two of them can work together to find Greg.

Myron uncovers a video tape of Emily and Maggie Mason, a woman known as Thumper, having sex.

It had been Audrey that cleaned up the evidence at Greg's house, leaving the murder weapon planted by Emily, as it had not been discovered.

Though he had not intended for the injury to be career ending, Greg was angry at Myron for having a one-night stand with Emily the night before their wedding.

Greg Downing had paid for someone to injure Myron, and the Raven Brigade had discovered this information when they had robbed a bank in Arizona.

Though Esperanza shrouds her caring in sarcasm and humor, she is a bit like a guard dog, always watching to make sure Myron is safe.

Myron feels a bond with Greg due to the competitive nature of their relationship in their youth and college years.

Because of this loyalty, Myron works throughout the novel to find Greg, as well as prove his innocence in the murder of Liz Gorman.

This loyalty is misplaced, as Greg is the person who had caused Myron's injury ten years ago, ending his career in professional basketball.

A central location in the novel is the Meadowlands Arena, the home of the New Jersey Dragons, where Myron plays professional basketball for the first time.

Myron travels throughout different areas of the city the outlying suburbs in his search for Greg, as well as trying to find the truth behind the murder of Liz Gorman.

Myron, as the main character, is the center of the majority of the novel, however Esperanza is highlighted in order to bring important facts to the readers attention.

A former basketball player, Myron was destined to be a star with the Celtics when a career ending injury forced him to give up the game he loved.

Myron moved on with his life, getting his law degree and starting the agency, but never lost his love for the game or his desire to play.

Myron gets drawn back into the game of basketball when he agrees to help Clip Arnstein find Greg Downing, one of the stars of the New Jersey Dragons.

Wealthy and intelligent, he looks the part of the aristocratic blue blood, however, he is also a loner, letting very few people into his inner circle of friends.

Raised in a world of power and prestige, Win seems not to have developed the personality to become close to people, preferring his lifestyle of one-night stands with no strings attached.

Myron's right hand 'man' at MB SportsReps, Esperanza is the former star of the Fabulous Ladies of Wrestling, or FLOW.

Spotted by a modeling agent at the age of seventeen, Esperanza had finally made a name for herself as Little Pocahontas.

Myron understands this, and though he asks her not to call Jessica names, realizes that Esperanza cares for him deeply.

Though they had broken up previously, they are back together, and though Myron technically still lived in his parents basement, the majority of the time he spent the night at her apartment.

A star player on the New Jersey Dragons, Greg disappears, causing Clip Arnstein to hire Myron to find him.

Audrey seems to catch on to the reason that Myron is actually on the team and convinces him that they should work together to solve the mystery of Greg's disappearance.

Audrey had killed Liz Gorman, the blackmailer, in order to protect Greg and the future of her unborn child.