<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Drugs sex and rock and roll.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For Alix Lane and Joel Stark it was more than a slogan. It was a way of life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>After tragedy nearly destroys their hard-rock band the Blue Mask rises from the ashes stronger than ever. By 1990 their music is climbing the charts their concerts are selling out and international fame is within reach.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But success comes at a cost.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the shadow of the AIDS epidemic continues to loom over the music industry old wounds resurface and new tragedies threaten everything they have built. Surrounded by fame temptation and heartbreak Alix Joel and their closest friends discover that the greatest challenge is not making it to the top-it is surviving once they get there.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Set against the electrifying backdrop of the 1990s rock scene The Blue Mask is a powerful story of friendship loyalty resilience and the bonds that hold us together when life falls apart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perfect for readers who enjoy character-driven fiction emotional journeys and stories about music ambition love loss and redemption.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The first novel in the Blue Mask series.</span></p><p></p>