Rock Gods & Messy Monsters

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Her dream job. Her worst nightmare. One woman refusing to lose her soul.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>It's the 1990s. The recession is brutal and landing a job at Acht Records is everything Alex Scott ever wanted but not what she expected.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>She navigates the corridors of Acht Records her improbable blonde hair streaked stress magenta and anger black while her brain is trapped in her cerebrum urn. Her boss Langley explodes blood vessels that Alex must sew up.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The head of the company holds titles including Deity and Ruling Dictator and the aliens who bought the record company hatch a performer and force staff to create a superstar.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>What the company wants from her is the one thing she can't afford to lose. Her soul.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>What follows is a surreal descent into the heart of corporate America where Alex navigates crazed corridors of power an unhinged cast of characters and a music industry that has completely lost its mind all while trying to hold onto the one thing the system most wants her to surrender: Herself.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The 1990s New York music scene has never seemed so alien. Or so familiar.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Wickedly funny and quietly devastating </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Rock Gods & Messy Monsters</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is an absurdist novel about power identity and what it costs to stay human inside an institution designed to break you especially when that institution was supposed to be your dream.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Part corporate satire part self-discovery journey the book is for readers who like their absurdist fiction and social commentary with emotional stakes and sharp teeth.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Rock Gods & Messy Monsters</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is Book 1 in the Mind Monsters series.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Awards & Recognition</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Eric Hoffer Award 2024 - First Runner Up & Grand Prize Shortlist Finalist</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>#1 Amazon Hot New Release in Absurdist Fiction & Pop Culture</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Starred Reviews:</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> Independent Book Review · The International Review of Books · US Review of Books</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Mind Monsters Series</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Follow Alex's path from disconnection to remembrance across all four books. New to her world? Start with a free short story prequel at dianehatz.com.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Book 2: Fallen Spirits; Book 3: The Light of Wounds; Book 4: The Journey Home</span></p>