The Armageddon Rag: A Novel
€œThe best novel concerning the American pop music culture of the sixties I€ve ever read.€Â€"Stephen King
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin comes the ultimate novel of revolution, rock €n€ roll, and apocalyptic murder€"a stunning work of fiction that portrays not just the end of an era, but the end of the world as we know it.
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Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has come a long way from his radical roots in the €60s€"until something unexpectedly draws him back: the bizarre and brutal murder of a rock promoter who made millions with a band called the Nazg»l. Now, as Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself drawn back into his own past€"a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the Nazg»l and the mad new rhythm may be more than anyone bargained for€"a requiem of demonism, mind control, and death, whose apocalyptic tune only Sandy may be able to change in time . . . before everyone follows the beat.
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€œThe wilder aspects of the €60s . . . roar back to life in this hallucinatory story by a master of chilling suspense.€Â€"Publishers Weekly
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€œWhat a story, full of nostalgia and endless excitement. . . . It€s taut, tense, and moves like lightning.€Â€"Tony Hillerman
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€œDaring . . . a knowing, wistful appraisal of . . . a crucial American generation.€Â€"Chicago Sun-Times
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€œMoving . . . comic . . . eerie . . . really and truly a walk down memory lane.€Â€"The Washington Post