And finally, for those who enjoy such things. Here's the complete soundtrack listing to the mental movie that played in my mind while I wrote this book.
Is there a song that reminds you of Mills and Keel? Tell me in the comments!
RULER - Soundtrack
Prologue - "The Killing Moon" (Echo and the Bunnymen)
PART ONE - MILLS - "Shake it Out" (Florence and the Machine)
Chapter 1 - Blood Thirsty - "Blood Makes Noise" - Suzanne Vega
Chapter 2 - Hacked - "Anthems For a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl" (Broken Social Scene)
Chapter 3 - Stalk and Talk - "Bravado" (Lorde)
Chapter 4 - No Negotiation - "Roar" (Katy Perry)
Chapter 5 - Straight to You - "Straight to You" (Nick Cave)
Chapter 6 - Compound Bound - "Hell and Back" (Airborne Toxic Event)
Chapter 7 - Into the Mouth of Madness - "Drumming Song" (Florence and the Machine)
Chapter 8 - In Your Room - "Head On" (Jesus and Mary Chain)
PART TWO - KEEL
Chapter 9 - Wants and Needs - "Strangers When We Meet" (David Bowie)
Chapter 10 - Childish Things - "Switchblade" (LP)
Chapter 11 - No Light, No Light - "Moonlight Desires" (Gowan)
Chapter 12 - Wait, Worry, Repeat - "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus)
Chapter 13 - I'll Be Watching You - "Everything Counts" (Depeche Mode)
Chapter 14 - A Plea in the Night - Breaking Up the Girl (Garbage)
Chapter 15 - Royal Dining - "Black, Black Heart" (David Usher)
Chapter 16 - Bond Magic - "One Thing" (Finger Eleven)
Chapter 17 - Breakfast for Two - "Stadium Love" (Metric)
Chapter 18 - Careful What You Wish For - "Kiss With a Fist" (Florence + The Machine)
Chapter 19 - Truth And Consequences - "We Don't Know" (The Strumbellas)
Chapter 20 - Someone to Watch Over Me - "This Garden" (The Levellers)
Chapter 21 - Every Move You Make - "Every Breath You Take" (The Police)
Chapter 22 - Ambush! - "Heavy In Your Arms" (Florence and the Machine)
Chapter 23 - Making Friends and Influencing People - "Distant Sun" (Crowded House)
Chapter 24 - Won't You Invite Me In? - "Heart Vacancy" (The Wanted)
Chapter 25 - First-Day Jitters - "Little Earthquakes" (Tori Amos)
Chapter 26 - There is No If - "There Is No If" (The Cure)
Chapter 27 - Demands of the Bloodline - "Female of the Species" (Space)
Chapter 28 - Kiss and Tell - "I Know I Could" (Drugstore)
Chapter 29 - Making Magic - "Hometown" (Twenty-One Pilots)
Chapter 30 - Guns to a Magic Fight - (Big) Wish (Franka Potente & Thomas D)
PART THREE - EPHRAIM
Chapter 31 - Rude Awakening - "Love Like Winter" (AFI)
Chapter 32 - Denial is a Place Underground - "Creature Comfort" (Arcade Fire)
Chapter 33 - An Honest Man - "Monsters" (Ruelle)
Chapter 34 - Even Keeled - "Spirits" (The Strumbellas)
Chapter 35 - Never Go Home - "Busted Heart" (Bishop Allen)
Chapter 36 - Transitions - "Delicious" (Catherine Wheel)
Chapter 37 - Anchors - "Protection" (Massive Attack)
Chapter 38 - Marking Territory - "Hunger" (Florence and the Machine)
Chapter 39 - Dinner for Three - "True Love" (Pink)
Chapter 40 - Mine - "Polarize" (Twenty-one Pilots)
Chapter 41 - After the Altar, Before the Execution - "Duet" (Airborne Toxic Event)
Chapter 42 - Execution Day - "Hellsville" (Legendary Pink Dots)
Chapter 43 - Trials - "2 Heads" (Coleman Hell)
Chapter 44 - Date Night - "The Sweetest Thing"
Chapter 45 - It Happened at the Drive-In - "Just Give Me a Reason" (Pink)
Chapter 46 - Trials, redux - "Mulder and Scully" (Catatonia)
Chapter 47 - School Daze - "This Modern Love" (Bloc Party)
Chapter 48 - The Blessings of the Father - "Rainbow" (Kesha)
Chapter 49 - Kiss Me - "Tightrope" (LP)
Chapter 50 - Worst Case Scenario - "Drink Before the War" (Sinead O'Connor)
Chapter 51 - A Kingdom for the Keeping - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Tears for Fears)
Chapter 52 - Unholy Matrimony - "To You I Bestow" (Mundy)
Chapter 53 - Union - "Fireproof" (Coleman Hell)
Chapter 54 - Consumed - "We Are Each Other (Beautiful South)
Chapter 55 - Shockwaves - "Becoming More Like God" (Jah Wobble)
Chapter 56 - Blood of the Queen - "Dolphins Cry" (Live)
Chapter 57 - First Strike - "Spectrum" (Florence and the Machine)
Chapter 58 - Come and Grow With Me - "Between Two Lungs" (Florence and the Machine)
Chapter 59 - The Politics of Power - "Very Long Ride (Adam Ant)
Chapter 60 - Cella and Rook - "Fade into You (Mazzy Star)
Chapter 61 - The Suite Life of Mills and Keel - Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)
Chapter 62 - Home is Where the Nosferatu Are - "The Kids are Ready to Die" (Airborne Toxic Event)
Chapter 63 - Lost in You - "When We're High" (LP)
Chapter 64 - Battle Comes to the Compound - "Legendary" (Welshley Arms)
Chapter 65 - Dust and Consequence - "Girl on Fire" (Alicia Keys)
Chapter 66 - Going Topside - "Strange" (LP)