Flash: A Death Story

The Usas #1

by J.B. Trepagnier

This is an alternate cover edition & expanded version of ASIN B01E604QM2

Kate is driving home from working a double at the hospital. She misses her turn and is crossing train tracks. There's no train signal, but she sees it coming and thinks she misses the train. All of a sudden, there is a blinding white light and she wakes up naked in a white room. Is she dead? There is a scientist conducting experiments on her. Is this hell or purgatory?

Waking up in another white room, Kate panics. She’s stronger now and easily dents the steel door keeping her in. She manages to escape the facility keeping her, but nothing is right. The world thinks she’s dead, but she’s clearly alive in a much taller, more muscular body. Lab results say this body may not be human. There is also a ghostly voice in Kate’s head claiming this body was stolen by force and she doesn’t belong there.

This is the revised and expanded edition. The short story which was expanded and revised is here.

Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal

229 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 11, 2016

About the author

USA Today Bestselling Author JB Trepagnier is secretly 30 feral cats in a trench coat and combat boots writing romance with a shared feral cat hive mind.

Reviews

[C.F. Rabbiosi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a Science Fiction type story that touched on interesting theories about our world and our existence. Based on the concept that energy cannot be created or destroyed, the author writes a story where the universe has given forth to both positive and negative energies that inhabit the bodies of humans. Based on the life they live, their energy either turns bad, creating the Jeffrey Dahmers and Hitlers of the world, or they become so good that after many lives, turn into pure positive energy that fight the evil inhabitants.


Kate, the main character wakes to a terrifying realization that she has become an awful experiment. The government knows about the energy beings and in order to make super humans, splices her DNA along with one of the positive energy beings because they have great power upon the earth. She escapes however and learns about her genetic changes and soon realizes she can hear the one inside her. She is Mitra, fully enlightened, and shows Kate a new reality. She finds the one in charge of Geniticorp, the operation that changed her and 14 others into, "The Usas," and convinces him that she can help cure the madness the others seem to be inflicted with. I thought the supernatural stuff was fun, like the way the negative energy humans glowed red, and if the wings weren't torn from their horrific true form, they world not be released into the void, but instead stay in the body which would rot but continue to walk around.
The other Usas were not actually insane and soon she helps them heal and separates them from their pure positive energy beings. They work together and find that a very old and very strong evil is behind the experimentation, and without spoiling, I'll just say that it was interesting to find out why he was combining humans with the positive energy entities.
And for all the sci-fi content, medical science and behavioral health subjects that were all creatively intertwined, I liked that there was some sexy romance between Kate and one who was in his final form before converting to the good side. They have soul mates that find each other in every life throughout time as their positive energy develops.
I gave it 5 stars because it was very creative and incorporated many real theories and subjects to create an interesting and otherworldly tale that you can relate with.

[Kirsten McKenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a rider, let me be honest and say that I struggle with books written in the first person, and this book is written in the first person. I persevered and pushed through though. It was a good story with the potential to be a great story. The novel take on why people are good or evil was the best part of the story.
There was a lot of information to take in, and at times I got quite confused as to who was who and what was going on and why it was all so easy for everyone involved. I enjoyed the development of the love story component but like the rest of the story, it all happened too easily. The character of the alien-believing brother had the greatest potential for growth but he was left a little stunted. Give me more of him.
There wasn't a lot of jeopardy for any of the characters which is why this review is three stars instead of four stars. I needed more tension.

[Robin Peacock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flash: a death story

To say this is a curate’s egg of a book would be understating it. It has good parts, slow parts, rushed parts, believable parts, unbelievable parts, bad parts and some confusing parts! It is trying to be so many different genres in one book, it loses direction. It is a combination of paranormal, Sci-fi, romance, and thriller.
A woman dies on a railway crossing. Or does she? It seems that she is in a parallel existence in a new body. She wakes up a foot taller in a sterile room with white coated attendants around her. Moments later, she is outside, escaping, and vowing to bring down the whole operation, in spite of knowing nothing about it. I almost stopped right there. It was so easy. Men shooting at her and she evades everyone. They don’t even bother chasing her! There was no sense of drama or danger to the episode. It was as if I had been given a film script and all the action scenes had been redacted.
The myriad and confusingly named players seemed to need no persuasion or harbour any doubts about what they needed to do when planning their strategy. They all understood everything straight away. They barely discuss a strategy before all agreeing on it and putting it into action in one paragraph. There is a sense that everything jumps into being with no deliberation or planning.
We have sentences like this scattered through the book; After another mind-blowing sex session with Isaac, he finally told me he got into all the patient files for the humans Geneticorp was experimenting on. There is no connection between the first and second part of the sentence. We are not told the how or the method, simply that it happened. I found this unexplained exposition difficult to live with through the whole book. I’m afraid the tortuous and often misleading story took me on too many detours, meandering off onto too many genres, leaving me confused and bewildered as to where I might be taken next. There is little sense of flow, merely a hodgepodge of scenes strung together with an unconvincing narrative. Here is another similar disjointed paragraph; Isaac always had news for me when he got home. I asked him if he had heard from Joel since Ori hadn’t picked him up in two days and he hadn’t called me at all. Isaac just grinned at me and said Joel wanted out of this mess to just be safe with Lucas for the time being. Isaac reassured him we would all understand and I totally did. I was happy for him. Isaac tickled me again and asked if I wanted to know what he discovered while I was at the lab all day or if I was going to call and bother Joel.

In spite of everyone knowing what to do, the raid planning for several days prior to the raid seemed overly long and tortuous. The number of people involved and the explanations of what everyone had done, was doing now and wanted to do during the raid left me mind-boggled. The key scene where Kate distracts Gabriel was over before it began. So much was made of the importance and fragility of that part of the plan, I expected something to go wrong but no, it was over in three lines. Here they are; The tie joined my shirt on the couch and he reached for me like he was going to kiss me. I don’t think he even knew what hit him when Oisin and Tarchon appeared behind him and disappeared before he could touch me and before he could even react.
Once the raid on Geneitcorp was over, the story rambled in circles with no direction or purpose. I felt the author continued writing the story to increase the word count when it was effectively already over.
I felt somewhat let down by the idiosyncratic nature of the whole melange. Maybe it’s just me but I felt the mixture just didn’t set well. There were a few too many ingredients and the result was an overly complex and disjointed tale. Having said that, some of the characterisation and dialogue was quite good. Sadly, it was let down by being somewhat repetitive and often apparently pointless!
There are several glaring editing errors which spoil the effect, reign instead of rain…it spoke, instead of, I spoke…I kneeled in from, should be; I knelt in front, etc. Because of the editing and the convoluted and confusing plot lines, I feel I am unable to give this book more than three stars.

[Chris Keaton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book starts out interesting. Woman dies and wakes up in a new body. Then it's off to the races....but way too fast. Things rush before we can get our bearings and it all happens way to smoothly for our hero. It does pause when it hits the moderately graphic sex scene. So it starts out as an action sci-fi, then turns romance, then sort of gets spiritual. I can forgive all that for a killer plot.

But everything was too easy. The good guys make a plan and everything works out. If the bad guys have to do something stupid for the good guy's plans to work then there will be an easy excuse for them to do this. There never felt like there was a challenge or a real threat. Things just happened. Even the big emotional moment was telegraphed, almost literally, as we were warned and even then we were told that everything would be alright even after it happened.

It seems like this was a rush to the sequel which is probably going to be good, but maybe I should've started there. That being said if you like sci-fi romance this one may suit you better than it did me.

[Brin Murray · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise of this story is interesting: Kate, a doctor, is hit by a train on her way home after a double shift, and dies. Only then she doesn’t, and wakes up in a whole new body. She is now six foot not five three, can crush stainless steel with her bare hands, put dents in iron doors and lift grown men over her head with ease. Even though she still, somewhat bizarrely, has her own features – and her hair has been dyed a different color. She escapes from the white-roomed confinement in which she is being held, sets herself up in a disused bookstore which is conveniently not derelict and has coffee shop facilities, and proceeds to work out what is happening.
She gets her old workmate and research medic Joel onside, and then starts hearing a voice in her head. It belongs to Mitra, and Kate is now in Mitra’s body. There’s some science interwoven here: fifteen scientist types have been spliced with these positive energy beings, who fight negative energy in the world and basically have superpowers. At this point blood types and DNA fusing together are brought in so the fusion seems kinda scientific (just barely). But then negative energy monsters infect humans and this is the source of the evil that people do: serial killers, pedos etc, so the story shifts away from slightly plausible sci fi into fantasy/possession, explained through the negative energy schema.
Plus there are some top level baddies, people high in the US administration who have been infected and so are basically working to spread evil through the world. Also, the positive energy beings have soul mates, and Kate does find hers, plus there is the problem of how to release herself from this superhuman body to be reborn as a full blown positive energy being from the void, and reunite with her soul mate who is destined to pass over to the void very soon because he is ready…
The story didn’t quite work for me, and I’m trying to work out why. I think firstly, some bits are really rushed: like Kate’s escape from the facility where she first wakes up after dying. This should be a huge action event, and her emotions at this point should be overwhelming – fear, terror, confusion, bewilderment – but she whizzes past armed mercenaries and cuts her way out in a few sentences, sets herself up in the bookshop and calmly resolves to find out what is happening. As she’s dead and all that.
Plus, the conflict or central narrative seems to me to never find a clear focus. The good guys (and there are a confusing number of them) talk endlessly about their lives and their purpose and their energies and life partners etc – but basically not much happens. Which makes it all the more unsatisfying that when something does actually happen, like the escape, it’s so very rushed.
Then, but this might just be me and my brain’s at half-speed or something, but I couldn’t see very clearly why the bad guy organisation (Geneticorp?) had done this splicing of scientist human with superhuman in the first place. It was supposed to be something to do with their plan for world domination, creating super-soldiers… but then why scientists types?? Oh, and putting old scientist brains into young ageless bodies so the baddies wouldn’t lose their scientific genius for many years to come. I don’t know, but the motivation seemed a little woolly to me.
The writing itself is good, and I liked the character of Kate and her new-found abilities, and the initial premise is interesting – but to me the story got bogged down in exposition and not enough of a central narrative to drive the story along.
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[m.m. radford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific Heroine Makes This Novel Shine!

To understand Flash-A Death Story is to accept the premise that everything is living energy that can neither be created nor destroyed. As the author puts it, when a person dies, their energy goes to the void until it finds a new vessel. Energy can become positive or negative through different lifetimes, and once it’s at its threshold and final life, it becomes reborn as pure positive or pure negative energy. Negative energy infects humans and attempts to play in twisted ways, corrupting the human and anything else it can along the way. The older it is, the stronger it gets, and it eventually sprouts wings. A newly infected just goes back to the void when the vessel it occupies is killed. If it has wings, it goes back to the void naturally when the vessel expires and the only way to free it is to cut off its wings; otherwise, it will simply become one of the walking dead, spreading disease.

This novel is written in first person and the book’s narrator is Kate, an emergency room surgeon who researches genetics in her spare time. At the opening, she had trouble believing she has died. She is in a different body, one that is taller and has incredible strength, with dyed hair, though her face remains the same. The rest of the world believes she has died in a train accident and, indeed, when the police arrive on the scene they find a body that resembles hers enough to pass scrutiny. Her ID and cell phone have been left with the body, as well as a copy of her hospital schedule that shows she was driving home around that time, and when the body gets to the morgue, they will sneak in and swap it out with her old body. But whose body is she in now?Escaping from her captors, Kate grabs her Rottweiler, empties her bank account at an ATM, and hides, obtaining a new identity from a guy named Krash and becoming Sophie Gray. Seeking answers and revenge, she trains at a boxing studio and procures a Crimson Trace Ruger and learns how to use it. Enlisting the aid of her co-worker Joel, she is hired back at the hospital under the ruse that she is Kate’s cousin, where they learn her blood is unusual but her old DNA is almost an exact match for the body she’s in and all her alleles are bound to ones that can’t be identified. Thus, the mission begins to start at the top and bring everyone at Geneticorp down and, while attempting to bring down a corporation that has government ties leading up to two very high level infected is not an easy job, Kate and her allies set out to do it. To dive into this novel is to discover whether or not they can succeed, all the while enjoying that, while the author does not claim to have a medical background, she comes across as highly knowledgeable, which lends this story credibility and makes it a delight to read.

[A.M.H. Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flash follows Kate (Sophie George), a brilliant surgeon and geneticist researching gene therapy to reverse birth defects in utero. The book starts with Kate, who “dies” on her way home from work by being “hit by a train.” The reader immediately learns that this is not actually the case as the first chapter takes Kate’s semi-conscious body through some scientific, and frankly frightening scenarios. She’s able to escape the base that is holding her captive and realizes they’ve somehow switched her body with someone else’s, someone superhuman, in the hopes that she would fight in a war. Knowing the people who kidnapped her are probably looking for her, she manages to lay low and enlist the help of her best friend and research partner, Joel, into figuring out what happened to her and how to take down the people who kidnapped her, a company called Geneticorp.

After some drinks, she learns that the body she’s in belongs to a being called Mitra (who I believe is an angel), and shows Kate a whole new way of looking at the world, seeing people as positive and negative energy, where positive energy people are like Kate (pure, helpful, healing, etc.) and negative energy people are the hitlers and psychopaths of the world where evil inhabits and takes control of a person. She finds that she and Mitra are not the only victims of Geneticorp, but there are fourteen other “Usas” that have been created by the company, and she must save them. Along the way of saving them, she meets her soulmate, and the story shifts from thriller to romance.

This book is jam packed with information and theories blending science, religion, and morality. I’m a huge fan of reading about genetics and gene therapy (not to mention studied it a little myself), so I was super happy to see someone using it as a plot point correctly, showing that JB researched and understood how gene therapy can work as well as the ethical and moral debates around it, even in this fantastical setting. I’ve read too many books who tried to do that, but failed because they didn’t research. So, it was really refreshing to find a book that took that topic seriously. That being said, I had some problems with the pacing of the story. I can appreciate JB writing so descriptively so as to leave as little room for plot holes as possible, but at some points it dragged on. The first chapter was all action and the pacing was great, then the next 5 or 6 chapters were “this body is weird” and setting up her hide out, and didn’t have any major development for the plot other than somewhat unnecessary world build. And the juxtaposition from a thriller to romance was a little jarring, but ok. Overall, it’s a good story with a good premise and a great discussion behind it, but it could use some work in some areas.

[Jeff Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

‘Flash A Death Story’ by JB Trepagnier is novel which reaches across the realms of fantasy and sci-fi with an underlying romance hidden beneath.

The opening of the story is fantastic and really sets the scene for a far-reaching event piece story. I am a fan of conspiracy theories/malevolent governments and experiments found the premise of this story extremely engaging. However, some of the deeper spiritual, new age style parts I found distracting and struggled in some bits to remain fully engaged.

The author shows a refined understanding of sci-fi throughout the novel and as a reader, I felt that the author has well researched into the scientific parts of the story and presented them in a way which didn’t become overly distracting, but instead helped to develop the overall story.
I found that some areas of the novel were extremely developed and focused on, almost to the point that they would overshadow the areas which maybe needed a little bit more shaping. However, overall, the story remained balanced and, with a little focus, you can follow the various conspiracies being introduced.

I enjoy first person style narratives and I’m a fan of romantic relationships being explored and found that some of my favourite segments of this novel were those. I did find myself wishing for a little bit more time spent developing those parts, but that is probably personal preference on my behalf. However, I found those parts very satisfying to read.

I do feel like the novel was exploring a lot of concepts and ideas that maybe the casual reader may be a little put off by, not so much the content, but as mentioned earlier, sometimes it required, a little more focus from the reader to get into, compared to simpler stories. This isn’t a criticism of the story as I believe that this is an intentional choice by the writer and is very much a needed part of the world building of the story.

I’m going to re-read this novel, and I feel that upon a second reading I may become a little more invested in the parts which I sadly lost some focus on, however, I am keen to see how the story progresses with any future novels and would recommend this novel to fans of sci-fi.

[Guy Estes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story starts out very well paced. It instantly gets your attention and keeps it. Kate goes through a whirlwind figuring out what happened to her and coming to grips with the bigger picture. The first half of the book was very well structured and flawlessly paced. The author achieved a perfect balance between making you wonder what will happen next and answering that question
About halfway through the book, Kate meets her soul mate, and the story becomes as much of a romance as a thriller. Maybe it's because I love thrillers and action stories while not particularly liking romances, but I found it bogged things down a bit. The perfect pace slowed. The romantic relationships between the various characters - and the cast is extensive - overshadowed the action. There's nothing wrong with having relationships in stories and romantic subplots, but the relationship/romance part became the dominant aspect of the story. It was almost as if the book switched genres around that halfway mark. The way the dialogue was structured sometimes made it difficult to know who was saying what.
Overall, this was a good read and I enjoyed it. Strong female characters are my absolute favorite, and they are almost always done wrong in my opinion. JB Trepagnier gets it right. I loved Kate and Mitra. Volume 1 implies there's more to come, so I expect we will see more adventures with Kate and her companions.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[A.P. Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

My initial reaction on reading the blurb for this book was to give it a miss. A story which requires the reader to suspend disbelief that a person could be ‘killed’ in a train accident, only to regain consciousness in another body, seemed too far out for me. Then I happened to read a media report suggesting that the first head transplant operation would almost certainly take place before the end of 2017. So I returned to ‘Flash – a Death Story’ with renewed interest.

The book is based on an interesting, though by no means universally accepted view of the universe and those who live in it. As such, the novel will definitely appeal more to those who like a mixture of fantasy, science fiction and ‘new age’ conspiracy theory. It’s well written and the characterisation is engaging. However, I did feel at times that the plot was overburdened with exposition and the need to provide and reinforce a great deal of background information and explanation. I guess when a work is designed as the first of a planned series, such ‘scene setting’ is inevitable, though it didn‘t detract from my enjoyment of the book.

While not my favourite genre, Flash won me round by the imagination of the author and the quality of the writing and story telling. Even if, like me, you’re not sure, give it a try. You may surprise yourself and love it!

[Mariyam Hasnain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flash a death story by JB Trepagnier is a story of a woman named Kate. Kate is a surgeon and works in the ER. One day, something strange happens to her while returning home from work, and the next moment, she finds herself in a white room.

The book starts with a bang with Kate finding hard to believe that she has died. Is it rebirth, a reincarnation or she's simply a subject of some scientific research.

This is a well-written fast paced novel. I liked the spooky start and it felt like I was reading a horror novel. I always love reading about strong heroines, and Flash - A Death Story doesn't disappoint me there.

The author has done a great job in defining the characters and crafting the steamy scenes. However, at times, the novel switches genres between sci-fi and paranormal romance. The romantic part seems overdone. It slows the pace of this otherwise fast paced book. The plot also feels misdirected somewhere midway.

There's also quite a lot of narrative and exposition and though the book is written in first person, the overuse of "I" pronoun in the narrative often feels annoying.

That said, the book really is an engaging and an intriguing read and holds the reader's attention.
I would recommend this to the fans of speculative and science fiction who love generous sprinkles of steamy romance in their novels.

[Cruikshank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have to start this one out by saying that I loved the main character of the story. It felt like she really came to life and jumped off the page, and it didn't feel like she was a generic and boring protagonist that was just flitting by. The story starts out sort of in the middle of the action and then just keeps bursting forward from there, and there was never a dull moment as she tried to figure out what happened to her.

It's a story ark we've seen many times before, but there are a lot of twists and unique elements to this one that will keep the audience guessing and wondering exactly how it is all going to end. I've read several stories by this author, and this one is now by far my favorite because of just how much is packed into it. The story itself isn't very long, but it's such a thrilling ride that I had to finish it all in one sitting.

I loved the idea of the Usas and the twists that happen near the middle to end of the story. Suffice to say, it definitely shakes things up from what the reader might originally anticipate. All in all, this is a must read for anyone who likes strong female characters and some really different ideas about how action and story blend together.

[Jean Wilde · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting book for me. I don't know how to classify it really, it was a blend sci-fi, fantasy and action with some romance. The beginning of the book is intriguing and it keeps a fast pace to the end. Sort of an angels vs. demons story with a bit of "The Host" thrown in. I liked the concept of positive energy vs negative energy, and reincarnation made it all very interesting.

As a romantic I also enjoyed the idea of Eternal Partners, and being reborn to find each other. I wish there had been more of a focus on the development of the relationship between Kate and Isaac. He recognized her as his partner from the start but he gave no hints. I would've liked to see a bit of sexual tension between them before they seem to suddenly get together.

The pace is much faster than what I'm used to reading. I think this may have easily been two books, allowing the author to expand more and develop the characters. Events would speed up then the author would backtrack and explain things that occurred. I would've rather it all flowed together at once.

Overall an interesting read, I rate it at 3.5 stars

[Megan Tee · Rating 2 out of 5]

The most interesting part about this story was the beginning. It was where it really intrigued me. And I thought that this was horror. But I feel it is learning more to science fiction.

Afterwards, it didn’t really go anywhere once the main character left the room and even worse when Issac was introduced.

The entire situation did intrigue me, and I did believe that it was handled very well and even explored in a way that was rather interesting.

But it was mainly the execution and the main character. After she got angry, and left the place which was by far the best thing to do. After that, it just didn’t seem to go anywhere and she didn’t seem to grow much at all. Or at least in a way that I felt it was satisfactory.

Overall, I really liked the premise and the beginning but just didn’t like the way it was executed or explored.

[Maven · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is part action adventure, part sci-fi thriller, and part paranormal romance. The combination makes for a very exciting action-packed read. I loved the resourcefulness of the main character whose entire life changes when she is killed and then wakes in a new body. After escaping the facility where she woke, she decides to unravel the mystery behind her death and rebirth. That leads her to private research labs, human\genetic experimentation and strange angelic-like beings. The fast pace and supernatural elements of this story make it hard to put down. My favorite parts included the battles with the monstrous demon-like enemies and the romance between Kate and Isaac (some of their scenes were deliciously steamy). I’m looking forward to reading book two in the series!

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt like this was two stories, the beginning few chapters just grabbed and I felt it it was either a sci-fi or thriller, but as I read further I thought I might be reading a romance or science novel. There was so much packed into this book. I do think the middle of the book got a bit long at some parts, but I loved the development of the characters.

The writing was excellent, but some of the descriptions of negative/positive engergy got a bit long. The beginning chapter with her death scene felt a bit rushed.

The main female character is outstanding. She is written well, and her interaction with other characters is very believable.

I received a complimentary copy for my honest review.

[Alicia Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLY WOW!
Everything is made of energy, that much we know. However, JB Trepagnier takes us in a journey where energy and people collide. Do we really live in a world such as this? I am double thinking everything I thought I knew. Take this journey, JB takes us on for a hair raising ride! I can't wait to see what she comes up with next

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars for me.

15 scientist chosen for a war none of them knew existed. They were not given a choice. Removed from their lives, dead as far as their families knew, experimented on, driven mad, and yet what the intention was, did not come to fruition. One scientist had a strong enough fight & flight response to unleash a new existence and to save as many others as she could.

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

She had done a double shift and she missed her turning and then a train came and she woke up in a white room. Is she dead? She is experimented on . She find herself in another room and this time she gets away from the room. Everyone says she is dead. See where this will go

[J.J. Clown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! I loved the whole thing I don't want to mention cause it'd be a spoiler. It's just a good book.

[Lucretia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the ideas presented in this story. What happens when we die? What if our energy never dies, but only evolves as a reflection of our actions? Kate, the main character is thrust into those answers when she is experimented on by the government, who has no idea the forces they are tampering with. I found the idea that energy can develop in a positive or negative manner, and has chances to change course before a perfection of either occurs to be fascinating.

Under the deeper ideas there is a captivating plot that involves several people who have also been thrust into forms they don’t belong in, pushing out enlightened energies. As you might expect that causes complications for all involved, some more than others. The relationships are complex and beautiful and the bad guys are very bad. It is all well balanced and so wonderfully rich in concept.

Kate is a strong heroine with a beautiful soul, who I loved spending time with. I also thoroughly enjoyed Mitra and the banter between all of the Usas. The blend of science and fantasy was unique and gave the story a fresh feel. I am looking forward to reading part two.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an intriguing story, although it doesn't quite give an ending. When a woman dies, or almost dies she is taken into a room where everything in her life is about to change, Known as subject 37, the woman soon finds that nothing is as it seems and death is not what has happened. Good writing, hope to see where it goes!