Death Echo: Vol. 1

by Sebastyan A.J. Smith

A man haunted by his past returns to the place where all his troubles began while a father sits by the bed of his terminal daughter. Light and Darkness battle in a crystal tower and on a lonely beach at midnight a grieving old man meets a suicidal young boy.

This is Death Echo.

Death Echo: Volume One is the first in a series of collections of short stories all dealing with the broad and complex subject of death. Each story offers a unique perspective with which to view loss and bereavement, be it on a personal level, or even death on a planetary scale. Every death leaves an echo.

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Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Death Echo: Vol. 1. This book gave me moments, glimpses and starting points for my mind to wander. The collection starts with a story that clings to anyone who has experienced profound loss, compacted with guilt. I found that I could dip into the stories within Death Echo as a way to understand or feel a loss that questions. For this reason, I await vol. 2.

Death Echo deals with a series of worlds, both real and imagined, allowing the mind to wander along the lonely road of the human condition.

[Mary-Eve Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really thoughtful and interesting stories that are wonderfully bitesize

[Caro Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would really like to see some of these stories worked into a full novel. Thought provoking with echoes of things I just can't put my finger on.

[Jamie Weaver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Each story in this collection truly has it's own voice, each one is so individual, but they're all woven together very well with the same theme. I really enjoyed that the author made such good use of different genres which helped it to not be repetitive. Each story has a great flow and they're organized very well too. I really enjoyed this book and definitely recommend it.

[Sahreth Bowden · Rating 5 out of 5]

With each story, the plot and theme become increasingly complex. The author builds uniquely chilling and detailed atmospheres that present the possibilities of death and the beyond in finely crafted detail. These stories really get the philosophical part of your brain working.