The Day Music Died · English

The Tobias & Stuart Trilogy · Book 1

The Day Music Died

The guitar is silent. The world has forgotten why that matters.

Reading optionsSample in English

About the story

An old instrument should be a curiosity. For Tobias Staghorn, it becomes a question he cannot put down. In a world that has forgotten music, impossible memories and an unfamiliar yet familiar stranger begin to disturb the life he has built around loneliness. Stuart draws him towards a story in which love and the forces governing the world are intimately connected. The first Tobias and Stuart novel begins an adult queer fantasy trilogy where Music, Death and Time have lives of their own.

What to expect

Music, Death and Time have lives of their own. So do the people caught between them.

Ending and reading order

Hopeful; continues in the next volume.

Content notes
  • Explicit sexual content
  • Death and grief
  • Psychological distress
  • Illness and caring responsibilities

In reading order

  1. 1
    The Day Music DiedYou are here
  2. 2
    In the Shadow of Death
  3. 3
    The Curse of Time

Read next

In the Shadow of Death

Somewhere between life and death, something has gone wrong.

Reader reviews

Quotations in English, with links to the original reviews.

This was a strong start to the Tobias & Stuart series, it had that fantasy romance element that I was looking for and was engaged with what was happening.

Kat M · Goodreads

A very interesting and powerful take on music and the impact it has on our lives.

Gavin · Goodreads

Questions about this book

Which language is this edition?

English · The Day Music Died

Where should I start?

Book 1 · The Tobias & Stuart Trilogy. New to this series? Begin with The Day Music Died.

Can I read a sample?

Sample in English

For a different mood

Metastable: Book One of Two · English

Intense contemporary romance

Metastable: Book One of Two

For an intense love story in the everyday world.

Hopeful; continues in the next volume.

Lanta: Another Life · English

A love across decades

Lanta: Another Life

For love and persistence across the years.

Hopeful, with bittersweet passages; a complete story.

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