Next Time

by Adam Grace

Natural free spirit Irving Breen can remember being born -- the thrill of returning to the land of the living after a long absence -- and of cracking the code of life after death. Not bad for a loner bullied into dropping out from school. Growing up as a cub newspaper reporter he marries Emily, his angelic dancing partner, whose brother suffers from brain cancer but miraculously recovers in answer to prayer. Irving instinctively understands this is how miracles work -- facing death you enter a parallel world where your mirror image can be cured but other things are different. It's a theory condemned by scientists as metaphysical speculation. Life takes a downward lurch with the arrival of a ravishing redhead and tips into trauma when his son dies at birth while Irving is with her. Overwhelmed by remorse he desperately seeks another miracle -- a key to unlock the quantum enhanced space where the boy may have survived. Does such a key actually exist given an ironclad decree by the scientific establishment that movement between parallel universes is impossible?... Could the omniscient mandarins be mistaken?... It has been known.

430 pages, Paperback

Published February 16, 2021