The Assorted Zebras are a teenage garage band in Wisconsin with no fans and no gigs. Jason, the guitarist, tries to impress Erin, the leader singer, by stealing four magical musical instruments from the fairy world.
The new instruments make the band a huge overnight success, on their way to rock stardom. But the band members aren’t exactly ready for fame, fortune, or the supernatural creatures sent by the fairies to track them down. **
Review" Fairy Metal Thunder has the same feel that the movie Labyrinth has, this wondrous fantasy world that you're desperate to have at least a small part of, even to the point of stealing." - Bending the Spine
"You know that feeling you got when you took your first trip down Diagon Alley with Harry and Hagrid? Well that was a little like how it felt to see Faerie for the first time...The description of this new world was like an ultra-vivid, H-D, 3-D experience for the mind." - Unabridged Andra **
"Everything about this book is so much fun to read! From J.L. Bryan's vivid yet quick writing style, to the perfectly incorporated fairy lore, to the enchanting plot, it all adds up to a book that you HAVE to read, whether you're a fan of fairies of not!" - Mimi Valentine
"Overall, I found this to be a fun, delightful first volume in a promising new series. I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of the series and learning more about the world of Faerie." - Word Spelunking
About the AuthorJ.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on the English Renaissance and the Romantic period. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He enjoys remixing elements of paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, horror and science fiction into new kinds of stories. He is the author of The Paranormals trilogy ( Jenny Pox, Tommy Nightmare, and Alexander Death ), the biopunk sf novel Helix , and other works. Fairy Metal Thunder is the first book in his new Songs of Magic series. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, his son John, two dogs, and two cats.
His website is jlbryanbooks.com. You can also follow on him on Twitter (@jlbryanbooks) or Facebook.