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Rock Gods & Messy Monsters
Award-winning Rock Gods & Messy Monsters begins Alex’s journey toward herself
The Mind Monsters Series
The Light of Wounds is Book 3 in the four book series
Fallen Spirits
In Volume 2 of the series, Alex finds that what she thinks will bring her happiness is actually a nightmare
Editorial Reviews
“If you’re looking for a smart, emotionally charged fantasy thriller with heart, humour, and a unique voice, The Light of Wounds is a rewarding read.” —The International Review of Books
“The author is funny, creative, and spiritual….Highest-of-stakes fantasy thriller series…This series is set up to have one explosive finale. Oh, what big things are coming in book four!” – Independent Book Review
Filled with thought-provoking insights about heroism, choice, spiritual direction, and revelations about underlying psychological motivations and assumptions, The Light of Wounds incorporates a force every bit as compelling as in Alex’s previous encounters.” – Midwest Book Review
Amazon Rankings
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#1 Amazon Hot New Release Low Fantasy
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#2 Amazon bestseller Low Fantasy
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#2 Amazon Hot New Release in Absurdist Fiction Kindle and #3 paperback
Book Description
The universe is falling apart. So is Alex. She’s trying to fix both.
Forty-five, half-drunk, and facedown in Sedona’s Oak Creek, Alex Scott has seconds to decide if her life is worth fighting for.
What comes next is stranger and harder than any battle she’s faced before. Sobriety. Shame. AA meetings with aggressive sponsors. A found family who responds to her worst moment by making eggs and talking about the local art fair.
Alex begins the slow, uncomfortable work of creating a life she actually wants to live. But the world won’t wait for her to heal. Her former billionaire boss JT, equal parts Darth Vader cosplay and fecal catastrophe, kidnapped a scientist and is forcing him to merge a machine that severs people from their spirit guides with the one that sends them home, building something that could annihilate every universe that exists.
Her former billionaire boss JT, equal parts Darth Vader cosplay and fecal catastrophe, is rebuilding a machine that severs people from their spirit guides, with a kidnapped scientist forced to do the work.
A murdered tech genius has uploaded his consciousness to the internet and declared his own war.
And the Spiritual Enterprise Network needs Alex back inside JT’s Las Vegas casino, face to face with the man who assaulted her, before everything falls apart.
The Light of Wounds is part recovery story, part cosmic absurdist reckoning, and an unflinching portrait of a woman learning to choose herself.
The third book in Diane Hatz’s Mind Monsters series is for readers who like their visionary, genre-bending fiction strange, honest, and emotionally true.
Select Reviews
“The author is funny, creative, and spiritual…. This series is set up to have one explosive finale. Oh, what big things are coming in book four!” —Independent Book Review
“A well-crafted and emotionally layered novel…. Themes of resilience, healing, and the battle between light and darkness are woven through the narrative in a way that feels both urgent and emotionally resonant.” —The International Review of Books
“Filled with thought-provoking insights about heroism, choice, spiritual direction, and revelations about underlying psychological motivations and assumptions, The Light of Wounds incorporates a force every bit as compelling as in Alex’s previous encounters.” —Midwest Book Review
The Mind Monsters Series
Follow Alex across all four books as she battles the monsters around and within her, learning how to come home to herself.
Book 1, Rock Gods & Messy Monsters, Hatz’s award-winning debut, introduces Alex in a surreal, alien-owned record company in 1990s New York City.
Book 2: Fallen Spirits
Book 3: The Light of Wounds
Book 4: The Journey Home
Free Prequel: “The Other Side of Normal” – find out how it all began with a free prequel to the Mind Monsters series.
