From Mia Dalia, the author of Estate Sale, comes a new nightmare of rock'n'roll dreams and Faustian bargains. Your dreams don't change just because your life does.

Stuck in a dead-end job with a family he never wanted, Jax still dreams of being a rock star. When a chance meeting offers him another shot at fame, he is faced with a terrible choice.

Never settle for less. Never stop dreaming.

Never meet your heroes. Never bargain recklessly.

Play music like your soul is on fire. “A young man in a dead-end job who dreams of rock stardom discovers a literally magical path to realize his desire…but at what cost? Mia Dalia’s Discordant is an unsettling and fascinating tale of the supernatural.

”—Arthur Shattuck O’Keefe, author of The Spirit Phone "Discordant is a captivating tale about life, death, good, evil, and the power of rock and roll. I was completely hooked from the start.

Mia Dalia’s writing is enthralling; her use of language keeps you turning page after page, not only to see what happens but to enjoy its effortless beauty. She creates characters you want to know.

and her plot is like a rafting down a river: it starts gently enough but without warning turns into a ride that moves faster and faster until you shoot over the falls. The proof of this book’s magic is that I was reading it at night and had to stay up until well after midnight to finish it because I couldn’t wait until the next day.

Discordant is a fresh new take on a story as old as country blues. "– JG Faherty, author of Songs in the Key of Death, Ragman, and The Wakening"The thing about Mia Dalia is her ability to understand people.

The way she can turn an anti-hero into someone you are on the edge-of-your-seat rooting for. Here we see how protagonist Jax loses his way in life.

A guy with a schoolboy dream, he’s desperate to keep alive, but who hates the world because of the repercussions from his wayward tomfoolery. The monster of regret continually hangs over him.

Until he meets Mr Chambers …What could be a downward spiral tale of a man wanting revenge on the world turns into something that is anything but. It’s an emotionally driven story that is touching in parts, and feeds hope to us all that those dreams we assumed to be unattainable, well, with a little bit of magic, perhaps they’re not as forgotten as we all once thought.

Mia Dalia has a style I’ve fallen in love with. She’s the lovechild of Caroline Kepnes and Gillian Flynn, with her unapologetic narrative and gritty honesty.

Her words flow like an emo song that captures each feeling as if it is our own. Discordant is a little bit of Crossroads, and dash of Trick or Treat, but mostly it’s pure brilliance.

A fantastic read and without a shadow of doubt is now one of my favourite authors!"-Jim Ody, author of The Place That Never Existed, Little Miss Evil, and Lost Connections. .