We Sold Our Souls

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In this hard-rocking, spine-tingling supernatural thriller, the washed-up guitarist of a '90s heavy metal band embarks on an epic road-trip across America and deep into the web of a sinister conspiracy. Grady Hendrix, horror writer and author of Paperbacks from Hell and My Best Friend's Exorcism, is back with his most electrifying novel yet. In the 1990s, heavy metal band D rt W rk was poised for breakout success-but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in obscurity. Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western-she's tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes when a shocking act of violence turns her life upside down, and she begins to suspect that Terry sabotaged more than just the band. Kris hits the road, hoping to reunite with the rest of her bandmates and confront the man who ruined her life. It's a journey that will take her from the Pennsylvania rust belt to a celebrity rehab center to a music festival from hell. A furious power ballad about never giving up, even in the face of overwhelming odds, We Sold Our Souls is an epic journey into the heart of a conspiracy-crazed, pill-popping, paranoid country that seems to have lost its very soul...where only a lone girl with a guitar can save us all.

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Nominated for the 2018 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel
A 2019 Locus Award finalist for Best Horror Novel
An NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour Pick
An io9 2018 Fall Preview Pick
A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist

A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller.CNET

The quintessential horror-metal novel for our times.Los Angeles Review of Books

Kickass, horrifying, and smart as hell. It certainly earns my two horns up.Dread Central

An addictive read for the metalhead and horror hound alike.Bloody Disgusting

Hendrix is an indie horror legend, and We Sold Our Souls is one of his best.Book Riot

Wild and fun, genuinely terrifying in places, and also somehow heartfelt.Tor.com

Hendrixs horror chops are nigh-unassailable at this point.B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy blog

A fast-paced ride, firmly rooted in the pulp horror traditionHendrixs darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore.Booklist, starred review

Enthralling and intense...The plot goes 0 to 100 real quick, and once it does, you wont want to put the book down.Sean Curry, UC San Diego Bookstore bookseller, in the San Diego Union-Tribune

If you see me in the wild and I'm reading a book that was written by Grady Hendrix, interrupt me at your own peril.Sarah Gailey, Hugo-Award winning author of Magic for Liars

More praise for Grady Hendrix:
National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friends Exorcism.The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friends Exorcism

Pure, demented delight.The New York Times Book Review, on Paperbacks from Hell

Horrorstr delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror.The Washington Post, on Horrorstr

Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friends Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrixs] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior.The A.V. Club, on My Best Friends Exorcism

A true appreciation of the genre.Los Angeles Times, on Paperbacks from Hell

Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying.Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friends Exorcism

An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale.Bustle, on Horrorstr

Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving.Fangoria, on My Best Friends Exorcism

Author Bio

Grady Hendrixis a novelist and screenwriter based in New York City. His novels includeHorrorst r, named one of the best books of 2014 byNational Public Radio,andMy Best Friend's Exorcism, for whichtheWall Street Journaldubbed him "a national treasure."Paperbacks from Hell, his survey of outrageous horror novels of the 1970s and 80s, was called "pure, demented delight" by theNew York Times Book Review. He's contributed toPlayboy,The Village Voice, andVariety.