The Armageddon Chord

by Jeremy Wagner

Overview

“The music was a battle cry heard around the world and throughout Heaven and Hell. It would summon Sethis and call out his dark legions to destroy all those who had light in their hearts...”

Deep beneath the Egyptian sands, an ancient, evil song written in hieroglyphics is discovered in the long lost, buried pyramid of the demonic pharaoh, Aknaseth. It is written that if this song is performed for the world to hear, it will unleash the Apocalypse upon the world of man, and Sethis—known commonly as Satan—will reign and grant immortality to the chosen.

Nihilistic multi-billionaire, Festus Baustone III—with the help of the malevolent Egyptologist, Helmut Hartkopff—will do whatever it takes to bring the song to life at any cost...even if his only daughter, Mona, is to be sacrificed.

Kirk Vaisto, known as the “God of Guitar” by his millions of fans, soon finds himself caught between the forces of divine good and monumental evil. Oblivious to the powerful darkness lurking in his guitar strings, Kirk agrees to work for Baustone and Hartkopff to turn Aknaseth’s hieroglyphics into music. Kirk begins a musical journey that takes him from an unholy chapter in ancient Egyptian history to the remains of the true Holy Cross, to the concert stage and to the very edge of Hell itself.

Kirk Vaisto will give the performance of a lifetime. Immortality, the end of the world, and the salvation of every mortal soul are the stakes in Jeremy Wagner’s, The Armageddon Chord,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626015005
Publisher:	Riverdale Avenue Books
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Wagner has thousands of worldwide fans who worship his words. Wagner has written lyrics to more than 70 published songs along with recording six albums, two MTV videos, and touring in 16 countries with his bands, Broken Hope and Lupara.

Over the last decade, Wagner has focused his passion primarily in writing fiction. Wagner has been published in RIP Magazine, Terrorizer, Metal Hammer, Metal Edge, Microhorror and various works of short fiction published through Perseus Books, St. Martin's Press, and Ravenous Romance Publishers.

Wagner's newest novel, The Armageddon Chord, was picked up by kRP Publishing. This thriller involves a guitarist who finds himself caught between the forces of good and evil. Katherine Turman—journalist for Rolling Stone, Spin and co-author of the book, "Louder Than Hell" (Harper Collins), says, "The Armageddon Chord is like the Da Vinci Code With a Heavy Metal Soundtrack!" The Armageddon Chord is set for release in Summer 2011.

What People are Saying About This

Peter Blauner

"The Armageddon Chord is a wild phantasmagoric thrill ride that will satisfy lovers of the darkest fantasy fiction and the heaviest of metal." --( Peter Blauner, NY Times Best Selling author of Slipping Into Darkness.)

Yasmine Galenorn

"Jeremy Wagner is an up-and-coming voice in the realm of horror fiction. His talent shines through this debut novel, and I can't wait to see what his next offering will be. A real page-turnerm The Armageddon Chord strikes just the right note!" --( Yasmine Galenorn, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.)

Editorial Reviews

Death metal guitarist Wagner (of bands Broken Hope and Lupara) debuts with a highly entertaining, albeit predictable, blend of heavy metal and hardcore horror. Festus Baustone III, a morally bankrupt billionaire secretly suffering from terminal cancer, hires archeologists to uncover musical hieroglyphs that, if correctly translated, could ignite apocalypse. The dying tycoon then sets out to find a guitarist who can literally "raise Hell on Earth and wipe the world clean." Kirk Vaisto is just finishing up his latest solo album when his agent manipulates him into taking Baustone's offer, and soon the virtuoso rock guitarist finds himself at the center of a conspiracy with the spiritual future of humankind at stake. Electrified by breakneck pacing, a cast of over-the-top characters (a deformed Nazi Egyptologist, a self-obsessed frontman, a stigmatic priest, etc.), and memorable lines like "The power of the riff compels you," this thriller neatly exploits the considerable shared fanbase of apocalyptic fiction and Apocalyptica.. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly