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Hell of a Band

(2025)
(Book 41 in the Alastair Stone Chronicles series)
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ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE'''BUT IT CAN KILL

When Alastair Stone’s casual professor band is invited to open a show for an up-and-coming rock act on the cusp of national success, he can’t deny it’s a dream come true.

That is, until the headliner''s lead guitarist gives a phenomenal performance on a Stratocaster practically bursting with arcane power—and then turns up dead in his dressing room with magical music notes drawn on his forehead and the guitar nowhere to be found.

Spurred to investigate the murder, Stone begins to uncover the Strat’s bizarre history, tracing it back to a shocking tragedy over fifty years ago.

But that’s not the end—not even close. The guitar is far older than Stone ever suspected, and as he faces deadly danger searching for its origin, he encounters the entity behind it—a chaotic being with vast power, whose motives are impossible to fully comprehend.

To end the guitar’s trail of murder and mayhem, Stone and his friends will first need to find it—but that’s the easy part.

The hard part is finding the strength to do what needs to be done to destroy it.

Prepare to lose yourself in this #1 Amazon-bestselling urban fantasy series readers are calling ‘Unstoppable’ and ‘A major winner!’ Once you enter the world of Alastair Stone, you won’t want to leave.

‘An occult studies professor and a powerful mage—Alastair Stone is an Indiana Jones for urban fantasy readers. With ghosts and curses, spells and buried secrets, these adventures provide both thrills and goosebumps.’
—Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series and co-author of Dune: House Atreides

Don't miss the rest of the series:

Stone and a Hard Place
The Forgotten
The Threshold
The Source
Core of Stone
Blood and Stone
Heart of Stone
Flesh and Stone
The Infernal Heart
The Other Side
Path of Stone
Necessary Sacrifices
Game of Stone
Steel and Stone
Stone and Claw
The Seventh Stone
Gathering Storm
House of Stone
Circle of Stone
The Madness Below
Boys' Night (Way) Out (novella)
An Unexpected Truth (novella)
Death's Door
Blood Brothers
Homecoming
Mortal Imperative
Balance of Power
Rite of Passage
Winds of Change
Awakening
Blood Ties
Vicious Circle
The Lost Scion
Demon Blade
Strange Bedfellows
Poisoned Vines
Conflict of Interest
Lethal Exchange
Trial by Fire
Hidden Agendas
Lightning in a Bottle
Family Plot


and four standalone tales:

Turn to Stone
Shadows and Stone
Devil's Bargain
Stone for the Holidays


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Genre: Urban Fantasy

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