The Armageddon Rag: A Novel

The best novel concerning the American pop music culture of the sixties I’ve ever read. -Stephen King

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.

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 Nazgul. 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 Nazgul 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 Weekly

What a story, full of nostalgia and endless excitement… . It’s taut, tense, and moves like lightning. -Tony Hillerman

Daring … a knowing, wistful appraisal of … a crucial American generation. -Chicago Sun-Times

Moving … comic … eerie … really and truly a walk down memory lane. -The Washington Post