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Raise the Dead

Saul Tanpepper

Publisher: Brinestone Press

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Summary

Chris Stephens plays one hell of a lead guitar, but his neighbors can't take his garage jam sessions. Enter Alex Alger, the tall, dark-haired, pale-skinned stranger who maybe looks like Death warmed over. He's got a place where the band can jam, a place where no one will complain because they're dead and buried. 
Sure, it's a little creepy practicing in an old crematorium next to the town's Potter's Field, but Chris'll do whatever it takes to keep his rock 'n' roll dream alive. 
Anything. 
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Not recommended for readers under age 14. 
Also includes an excerpt from the high-tech cyberpunk thriller series GAMELAND 
For more information about this and other titles, including the GAMELAND series, visit Saul at tanpepperwrites(dot)com
Available since: 12/15/2014.

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