Communion

by Bernard Wilkerson

Gary Lomax has it all going for him. A beautiful wife, a lot of money, and now the opportunity for the adventure of a lifetime - moving to Southern France and traveling throughout Europe.

Dying from a heart attack changes everything.

Gary learns the ins and outs of the Afterlife from his guide, Tilly, his counselor, Lance, and Laura, a victim of domestic violence to whom he feels deeply attracted. Forced to examine his own motivations in life, including the meaning of the phrase ‘until death do you part’, Gary finally gets to travel, visiting Afterlife re-creations of Korea, Venice, Scotland and Valhalla, sailing with Vikings and chasing buffalo with Plains Indians. He meets others along the way who help him with his struggle to decide what he should be doing for eternity, including whether he should put his mortal relationships behind him and pursue Laura, or put his future on hold and wait until his wife, Kim, joins him. Among them is Erin, who seems to know the answers to everything but is holding something back.

Communion asks, ‘If you live forever, what are you going to do with yourself?’ and is a light-hearted exploration of the meaning of one man's life.

And his afterlife...

337 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2013

About the author

Bernard Wilkerson is an Irish-American writer and author of The Worlds of the Dead series. His interest in writing about the Afterlife grew from his genealogy hobby when musings about what his ancestors might be up to turned into rampant speculations and wild imaginings and he had to write some of them down.

He has received some recognition as a writer, mostly at an early age, but took some time off from writing to become a chemical engineer, Air Force officer, and rocket scientist. He’s now a software developer and he and his wife, Terry, have six children and live in Missouri.

You can like him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bernardwilke... or visit his author page on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/author/bernard...

Reviews

[Johanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I've thought about writing a book about the afterlife myself, so when I found this one, I was very interested to read it. I liked his depiction of the afterlife. It made sense to me and gave me a lot to think about. The storytelling is good, and for being a self-published book was in very little need of editing. Just minor stuff really. I was impressed. I'd love to read more of his work.