Music of the Covalent Series

Hello, dear readers! As you learned in The Passion Season , music plays a central role in the lives of my two main characters, Zan O'Gara and Rainer Barakiel.

Zan grew up in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, a place of rugged beauty and long winters. She spent hours holed up in her room, practicing on a beat-up acoustic guitar. By the time we meet her, she's an extraordinary guitarist who's traded in her old Washburn for a Les Paul Gold Top. Rainer, the love of her life, has been playing the violin for centuries (time does not claim the Covalent). His skills reflect this.

In The Pain Season, Book II of the Covalent Series , Zan and Rainer turn to music for solace, communication, and to release pent-up emotions. Music brings the two together in a poignant scene that I'll wager is unlike anything you've read before. In this scene, Rainer performs one of the pieces on the playlist: the Passcaglia from Heinrich Biber's Mystery Sonatas, called the Guardian Angel. The other songs on the playlist express the character's feelings or the action in the story. Have a listen! Each link is paired with a quote from the song. You can head to my YouTube channel to play the entire list automatically. In addition, the playlist for The Passion Season, Book I of the Covalent Series is available here.
THE PAIN SEASON PLAYLIST
Descending Angel - The Misfits
Torn from the heavens, they fall from the sky
And walk the streets among mortal men
Requiem - Killing Joke
Only a hint of religion
Uncensors to its false depravity
Superman - R.E.M.
If you go a million miles away I'll track you down
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
I Am a Scientist - Guided by Voices
I am a scientist - I seek to understand me
I am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me
All Mixed Up - The Cars
I wait for her forever
But she never does arrive
Bones - Radiohead
I don't want to be crippled and cracked
Shoulders and wrists, knees and back
Violet - Hole
You should learn when to go
You should learn how to say no
Take it Down - John Hiatt
And I'm just an empty place
Where your love used to fit
Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
But your staring at me
Like I, like I'm driving the nails, nails
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
My beloved let's get down to business
Mental self defensive fitness
The Guardian Angel - Heinrich Biber
Das Rosenkranz Sonaten, 1674 C.
Passacaglia for violin (no basso continuo) in G minor
Your Ghost - Kristin Hersh
You were in my dreams
You were driving circles around me
I Against I - The Bad Brains
When the fact of the matter is you just don't hear
To comprehend or understand a single word I say
So You Want to be a Rock~n~Roll Star - The Byrds
The price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game? You're a little insane
I Will Dare - The Replacements
Now, I don't care, meet me tonight
If you will dare, I will dare
The Pain Season
Book II of the Covalent Series
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