The Armageddon Rag: A Novel

ISBN: 0553383078

Author: Martin, George R. R.

Condition: New

The best novel concerning the American pop music culture of the sixties Ive ever read.-Stephen KingFrom #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.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 Nazgl. 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 Nazgl 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.The wilder aspects of the 60s . . . roar back to life in this hallucinatory story by a master of chilling suspense.-Publishers WeeklyWhat a story, full of nostalgia and endless excitement. . . . Its taut, tense, and moves like lightning.-Tony HillermanDaring . . . a knowing, wistful appraisal of . . . a crucial American generation.-Chicago Sun-TimesMoving . . . comic . . . eerie . . . really and truly a walk down memory lane.-The Washington Post