Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has travelled far from his radical roots in the '60s - until the bizarre and brutal murder of a millionaire rock promoter draws him back. As Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself on a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the once legendary rock band Nazgul - but with an apocalyptic new beat that is a requiem of demonism, mind control, and death only Sandy may be able to change in time . . . 'I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers' Robert Jordan 'Of those who work in the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best' Time 'This is the best novel concerning the American pop music culture in the 60's I've read' Stephen King www.georgerrmartin.com