Howard Phillips was once thought to be one of the most promising young sci-fi poets of his generation, but that was before alchohol started to take its toll on his critical faculties. At the beginning of the 21st century he was a mere shell of the man he had once been, both intellectually and physically. Rebirth came when he was gifted with a vision, the vision of the ultimate band. His adventures in search of that band’s members then inspired a series of gripping novels, one of which you are about to read.