The rock gods of Jackson, Tennessee
Roberts, Rafer, 1976-2023
Book
Four high school outcasts start a band to gain fame and popularity, but have to defend their hometown from a hungry horde of monsters instead. It's 1989 and Marty WardJackson, Tennessees number one juvenile delinquent never wanted to join the Rock Gods. After all, who wants to play with nerds like Jonny, Lenny, and Doug? But after the high schoolers stumble into the gig of a lifetime, opening for local rock legend Tommi Tungstun, the four outcasts must put aside their differences and play together if they want to achieve their dreams of fame, freedom, and popularity. Standing in these future superstars way are: their parents, their teachers, a school full of jerks and bullies, a townful of bad bosses, sanctimonious preachers, and corrupt politicians, each other, and a rampaging horde of mutated monsters tearing through Jackson and eating everything in their path. Wait. Monsters?!?! Indeed! A secretive pharmaceutical company has converted the old perfume factory on the edge of town into an animal testing facility. Their newest concoction, a marvel of science designed as a cure, has disastrous results...transforming hundreds of pigs into horrifying demons with an appetite for human flesh. When the pigs attack, its left up Marty, Jonny, Lenny, and Doug to save the city and everyone in it. If they cant figure out how to work together, they'll be pig food. But, if they can join together as a band, as friends, as family...they'll become Legends.
Main title:
The rock gods of Jackson, Tennessee / Rafer Roberts, writer/lead vocals ; Mike Norton, artist/guitar ; Allen Passalaqua, colors/bass ; Crank!, letters/percussion.
Author:
Roberts, Rafer, 1976-, authorNorton, Mike, artist
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2023.©20
Collation:
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Audience:
13-16 years old.
ISBN:
9781506729404 (paperback)
Dewey class:
741.5973
LC class:
PZ7.7.R6323
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
457238