"Everything Everywhere All at Once" meets "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

(...in a 1990s record company!)

Aliens hatched a rockstar. Brain extractions, falling body parts, and blood-vessel explosions are the norm. Alex’s dream job has turned into a nightmare.

What should she do?

It's the 1990s. Alex arrives at Acht Records, her improbable blonde hair streaked stress magenta and anger black. Her first duty is to wipe blood off her boss's walls. It goes downhill from there.

Rock Gods & Messy Monsters is a humorous story about life inside a record company. Yet between the lines of satire and nods to science fiction, the book is a thought-provoking female narrative and social commentary on the corporate world.

Join Alex as she weaves through a comedic cast of characters and down crazed corridors of power, where her boss attempts to thwart her at every turn.

The 1990s New York City music scene never seemed so alien, yet so familiar.

Carol Anderson from the US Review of Books captures its essence perfectly: "The novel is so perverse it causes one to laugh out loud at the deranged storyline and detailed descriptions. This is truly satire at its best."

Buy Rock Gods & Messy Monsters today!

Accolades!

Finalist, 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award (Adult Fiction Humor)
Recommended Review – The US Review of Books
Finalist, The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
IndieBRAG Medallion 2023 Honoree
Top 30 Impressive Indie Books of 2022 from Independent Book Review
Most frequently wish listed book on BookBub (Dec 2022)
#1 Hot New Release Amazon Kindle in Absurdist Fiction, Pop Culture and Pop Culture Music (Sept 2022)
Starred Review, Independent Book Review (Oct 2022)

(Originally published as Rock Gods of Acht)

Select Editorial Reviews

“This is truly satire at its best.” - US Review of Books

“A fast paced, entertaining comic treat.” - Kirkus Discoveries

“A sterling example of modern absurdist observation and writing.” - Midwest Book Review

“Sets out to prove that work sucks with the aplomb and grit of a gladiator. And oh hell does the novel prove it, in more ways and with more reasons than you would expect.” - Independent Book Review

“Satirical, zany, hilarious—a gut-punching commentary about the inner workings of the music industry, its power complexes, and power plays.” - The BookLife Prize

“Fast-paced and funny. A timeless struggle, set in a dystopian world where reality and fantasy merge to bring home hard realities with humor and wit.” - International Review of Books

“A compelling and highly satirical look at the music industry of the 1990s. A FINALIST and highly recommended!” - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

“It’s difficult to really pin down Rock Gods. You could take it at face value and chalk it down as pure abstract surrealism. You could also decode comma and quotation mark for deeply written philosophical wisdom. I think it’s a little bit of both.” - The Lit Refinery

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