In This Void - by Alex Rasmussen (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"Alex Rasmussen has written a smart, sharp, compelling, entertaining, tight and deliciously tense book. In This Void is so vivid and emotionally raw that I feel like I know the characters as memories of people I once was close to. Please read this book immediately!" -- Chris Ballew, singer of The Presidents of the United States of America

After quitting his soul-sucking job to play music around the U.S. while living in an old postal van, troubled singer and guitarist Kody Logan gets the opportunity of a lifetime: a recording session in Nashville with a legendary producer. Seeing this as his sole chance to escape an endless cycle of dive-bar gigs, hollow hookups, and self-loathing, Kody puts every penny he has on the line to make it happen. En route to Music City, he joins forces with Dane, a charismatic violinist whose effortless talent, life-affirming outlook, and magnetic presence soon stir a crippling mixture of jealousy and resentment in the misanthropic songwriter. As Kody's bitterness toward Dane swells to a breaking point, the stage suddenly seems too small for both musicians.

Review Quotes

"A lyrical live-in journey that slams the reader in the back of the tour bus, hollers at 'em to carry the amp, and makes no apologies for THE behind the curtain tour. This dip into musical madness is a wild ride." -- Ashley Irwin, author of Grit Black Blood

"Alex Rasmussen delivers a raw and lyrical tale of desperate men and women. Part Nashville, part Easy Rider, In This Void is exhilarating honkytonk noir." -- Sam Wiebe, award-winning author of The Last Exile