Sound of Redemption

It is said that if you remember the 1960’s, you weren’t there. But they were there, and they would never forget.

KEY WEST – June 1990

Three months after the events of Band in the Wind, the “Journal of Johnny Cipp” has found its way to Maria Romano and Riet Carver. Its pages tell Johnny's heart-wrenching tale. It is a story of guilt for the mistakes he made, chronicling his descent into a decades long hell of drugs and alcohol. His final journal reveals his thoughts.  “They beckon me. The band needs a bass player to give them a backbeat . . . and a friend to share their joy. I will join them, and again we will be complete. We will make music . . . and we will laugh . . . and the band will again be together . . . in the wind . . . forever.” 

Now Maria and Riet have all the answers. . . or do they?

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Praise for the Band in the Wind Series

"Real love for the music and the muses that make the music what it is: Rock music and the role it plays in the lives of a cast of oh-so-real characters and a story teller that has me gasping for an encore. This is a novel that soundtracks the life and lives of what it means to be in a band for life…and…death.” -  J. J. Spina  - Music critic/editor for W & WWD; contributor to Rolling Stone Magazine.

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Readers won’t have to be from Queens, NY or have played in rock bands to appreciate this magnificent novel. Rostron’s beautifully-crafted sentences, as well as his mastery of plot, characterization, and structure, help make this book a must read for book-lovers hoping to experience the lost, yet somehow lingering, days of 1960s American culture.  - Michael L. Burduck, Professor of English, Tennessee Tech University 

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"Rostron brilliantly evokes the time (The 60s), the place (Cambria Heights, Queens, NY) and most importantly the music. Most novels about Rock'n'Roll are filled with clichés that just ring hollow, but this book just gets it right.” – DSpin – formerly of MTV