Whereafter
Afterlife
Book
3
Terri
Bruce
Genre: Contemporary
fantasy/paranormal
Publisher: Mictlan Press
Date of Publication: March 15,
2016
ISBN: 9780991303649
Number of pages: 345
Word Count: 100,000
Formats available:
Paperback and all ebook formats
Cover Artist: Shelby Robinson –
artwork
Jennifer Stolzer – layout and
design
Book Description:
How
Far Would You Go To Get Your Life Back?
Stuck in the afterlife on an
island encircled by fire and hunted by shadows bent on trapping them there forever,
Irene and Andras struggle to hold onto the last vestiges of their physical
selves, without which they can never return to the land of the living. But it’s
not just external forces they’ll have to fight as the pair grow to realize they
have different goals. Irene still clings to the hope that she can somehow
return to her old life—the one she had before she died—while Andras would be
only too glad to embrace oblivion.
Meanwhile, Jonah desperately
searches for a way to cross over to the other side, even if doing so means his
death. His crossing over, however, is the one thing that could destroy Irene’s
chances of returning home.
Too many obstacles, too many
people to save, and the thing Irene most desperately wants—to return to her old
life—seems farther away than ever. Only one thing is clear: moving on will
require making a terrible sacrifice.
Excerpt:
Andras grunted,
the sound filled with suspicion. Irene bent down to tie her shoelace, as much
to avoid eye contact as anything. When she straightened up, something in the
distance caught her eye, shimmering like a mirage. She squinted, not sure she
was really seeing what she thought she saw.
“You know, now
might be a good time for you to tell me what it was like to live in a castle,”
she said.
Andras shook his
head, sadly, as if Irene had disappointed him. “You cling too much to the past.
Forget the trappings of life. Free your mind from these longings, and so, free
your soul. Only then will we be able to escape these shackles and enter Heaven
to rest at the side of God.”
Why did he
always have to argue about everything? “For God’s sake,” she said, exasperated,
“just answer the question!”
“Wherefore?”
Irene pointed to
the hulking structure in the distance. “Because,” she said as Andras whirled
around to see what she was pointing at, “correct me if I’m wrong, but that
looks like a castle.”
About
the Author:
Terri Bruce has been making up
adventure stories for as long as she can remember and won her first writing
award when she was twelve. Like Anne Shirley, she prefers to make people cry
rather than laugh, but is happy if she can do either. She produces fantasy and
adventure stories from a haunted house in New England where she lives with her
husband and three cats. She is the author of the Afterlife Series, which
includes Hereafter (Afterlife #1) and Thereafter (Afterlife #2) and several
short stories including “Welcome to OASIS” (“Dear Robot” anthology, Kelly
Jacobson publisher) and “The Well” (“Scratching the Surface” anthology, Third
Flatiron Press).
Website/Blog: www.terribruce.net
Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/TerriBruce
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authorterribruce
Twitter: @_TerriBruce
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