Roscoe has been Maddox’s personal band manager for four years, nearly 24/7. He carries the weight of the band’s success on his shoulders, with scrutiny and criticism all directed toward him. Maddox has become lonely, overwhelmed, and distant. His life is not his own he and the band are commodities owned by Platinum Entertainment. It stems from record company demands, expectations of the producers, screaming fans and the media, and from cameras always in his face. Maddox is now twenty-three and the fame of the last seven or so years is wreaking havoc on him physically and emotionally. Walker depicts the potential ill-effects of the music industry we sometimes hear about plaguing boy bands and young performers. But it’s more than that: this is the story of Maddox and his struggle with a crippling anxiety that manifests from the enormous pressures on the young man. But as Maddox knows already, and as Roscoe is about to learn, the brighter the spotlight, the darker the shadow.Ĭode Red is a fantastic book about the forbidden love between Maddox, the frontman of the boy band Atrous, and Roscoe, his personal manager. When the tour and stress become too much, when the world begins to close in, Roscoe becomes Maddox’s lifeline. He sees the real Maddox no one else gets to see. Maddox has consumed his entire life for the past four years. His job is high-flying, high-demand, high-profile, and he loves it.
Roscoe Hall is Maddox’s personal manager. Not in a good headspace at the start of a tour. He’s also burned out and exhausted, isolated and lonely. He’s the bad boy, the enigma, the man everyone on the planet wants a piece of.
He’s at the top of every music chart, every award show, every social media platform, and every sexiest-man-alive list. Maddox Kershaw is the main vocalist of the world’s biggest boy band.
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