The DaVinci Code of Rock & Roll
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison all died at age 27. The evidence points to the deaths being unrelated, but were they really? Author Chris Formant’s debut novel follows Rolling Stone journalist Gantry Elliot’s quest to unravel the mysterious events surrounding the premature deaths of these Rock and Roll icons, reimagining how the losses of his generation might be viewed when 21st century forensic techniques are applied. The result is a book that blows conspiracy theories sky high and keeps you spinning until the very last chord.
New Novel
The DaVinci Code of Rock & Roll
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison all died at age 27. The evidence points to the deaths being unrelated, but were they really? Author Chris Formant’s debut novel follows Rolling Stone journalist Gantry Elliot’s quest to unravel the mysterious events surrounding the premature deaths of these Rock and Roll icons, reimagining how the losses of his generation might be viewed when 21st century forensic techniques are applied. The result is a book that blows conspiracy theories sky high and keeps you spinning until the very last chord.
About Chris
From his early “garage band’ days, to a seat on the Board of Trustees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chris Formant has been a student of rock and roll his whole life. A collector of rock memorabilia and an avid reader of rock histories, he has absorbed the stories of rock legends in much the same way as his lead character, Gantry Elliot, in Bright Midnight.
As an executive in a leading global company, running a multi-billion dollar business, Formant is the unlikeliest of authors of a murder mystery. But the continued unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of our most iconic rock legends led Formant to first speculate and then re-imagine what would happen if cutting edge technology were applied to these famous cold cases. Doing his own research into the archives of the Hall of Fame, studying advanced forensics techniques and gaining creative insights from top doctors, FBI investigators and a former editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, Formant crafted the Da Vinci Code for Rock and Roll fans.
