First published 2003
Vincent Ettrich wakes up alive again, though he distinctly remembers dying. The genial philanderer has no clue how he returned or what happened while he was gone. His former lover Isabelle holds the answer. She brought him back because she carries his child, and this baby will someday save the universe. But there's a catch. The child must learn whatever Vincent experienced on the other side of death. Vincent struggles to remember those lost lessons as fatherhood looms. His ability to recall what he learned in death will determine whether his child can fulfill this cosmic destiny. The fate of everything depends on a father's love and his fight to remember what death taught him.
Genres: literary-fiction, fantasy, contemporary, paranormal
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, unreliable-narrator
320 pages · Paperback · Tor Books