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After
We all die. What happens after?
High school student Nick Murray has died. His death is not natural. What he thought was his life has been a training ground created by powerful celestial beings. For what purpose?
Entering the afterlife is like joining a syndicate. There are rules, regulations, and immortal entities in positions of great power. The devil, who has been banished to the lower levels for eternity, craves this power and will do anything to attain it.
Nick’s soul is sent back to the world of the living and into the body of a high ranking enemy soldier. He must stop the devil from inciting a nuclear catastrophe and then forming a zombie attack force from the newly dead. When the body Nick occupies is executed for treason, he discovers a horrifying secret about his own origins that may destroy everything he’s fighting to save. Can the devil really be his ally?
High school student Nick Murray has died. His death is not natural. What he thought was his life has been a training ground created by powerful celestial beings. For what purpose?
Entering the afterlife is like joining a syndicate. There are rules, regulations, and immortal entities in positions of great power. The devil, who has been banished to the lower levels for eternity, craves this power and will do anything to attain it.
Nick’s soul is sent back to the world of the living and into the body of a high ranking enemy soldier. He must stop the devil from inciting a nuclear catastrophe and then forming a zombie attack force from the newly dead. When the body Nick occupies is executed for treason, he discovers a horrifying secret about his own origins that may destroy everything he’s fighting to save. Can the devil really be his ally?
113 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 5, 2011
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About the author
Neil D. Ostroff
13 books69 followersRaised in a rural town outside of Philadelphia, Neil D. Ostroff has been a published author of dark, noir thrillers, romance thrillers, and middle grade sci/fi and paranormal novels for more than twenty years. He is an avid poker player when not working on his novels. Neil also enjoys fishing, hiking, and all things outdoors. He's been interviewed in such publications as PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE, THE PHILADELPHIA INTELLIGENCER, TIMES PUBLISHING, and THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.
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http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com
To read more about him and his books, please check out his blog: ALWAYS WRITING
http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com
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October 10, 2011
Full review to follow in a few days. Holiday weekend will interfere with posting reviews!
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Poor Nick Murray, the main character of AFTER, never really gets a chance to get his feet under him. The plot moves along at such a clip that Nick never really gets a chance to breathe and neither does the reader. I guess that's to be expected in a book that starts with the main character dying, after all. Author Ostroff creates a view of the afterlife that is a mix of cultural views: part Judeo-Christian tradition, part Dante's Inferno, and part what can only be described as "video game levels." The mix somehow works for this book. The book is aimed at the YA market, and I think Ostroff "gets" the field pretty well. I'd recommend it to the teenagers I know.
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Poor Nick Murray, the main character of AFTER, never really gets a chance to get his feet under him. The plot moves along at such a clip that Nick never really gets a chance to breathe and neither does the reader. I guess that's to be expected in a book that starts with the main character dying, after all. Author Ostroff creates a view of the afterlife that is a mix of cultural views: part Judeo-Christian tradition, part Dante's Inferno, and part what can only be described as "video game levels." The mix somehow works for this book. The book is aimed at the YA market, and I think Ostroff "gets" the field pretty well. I'd recommend it to the teenagers I know.
July 9, 2022
At times this book had me puzzled because it was a little hard to keep up with the action after Nick dies at age 15 of a heart attack.
It transpires that Nick is predestined to lead the armies of good against evil in the future.
The character of Nick is well portrayed and one has sympathy for him as he is given what seems to be impossible commands to carry out tasks of which he has no knowledge.
I weas a little confused about what was happening at the end, but I really did quite enjoy the difference in this wild ride in the after-life. The book is well-written and is worth buying.
Recommended really for those who are into the mystic and improbable :)
It transpires that Nick is predestined to lead the armies of good against evil in the future.
The character of Nick is well portrayed and one has sympathy for him as he is given what seems to be impossible commands to carry out tasks of which he has no knowledge.
I weas a little confused about what was happening at the end, but I really did quite enjoy the difference in this wild ride in the after-life. The book is well-written and is worth buying.
Recommended really for those who are into the mystic and improbable :)
September 2, 2015
Bleh. A waste of time.
Not worth the bother to read for free. Nothing more than a dreary diabolical rip off of 2001, a Space Odessey.
Not worth the bother to read for free. Nothing more than a dreary diabolical rip off of 2001, a Space Odessey.
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