A man of the edge. A message from Death. A chance to change his life forever.
Nathan Miller is living the dream. He's at the pinnacle of success with the perfect wife and family. And thanks to the Man in Black, he's indestructible (or so it seems).
But Nathan's world is built on lies and regret. As guilt grips him, Nathan finds solace in a devil of a guardian angel. Instead of solace, he finds a spiraling nightmare that ends with a gun at his head and a once in eternity offer from the Man in Black.
Will Nathan Miller survive his Interview with Death? And if he does, will he accept what Death offers?
02.21.24 BOOK NERDECTION RATED INTERVIEW WITH DEATH A MUST READ
Where do we go when we die? It's a question that many people agonize over - the concept of is riddled with fear for many. Fear of the pain that we associate with death, fear of the unknown, and fear for the loss of control. V.K. Pasanen tackles this incredibly confronting matter in Interview with Death, the first book of his newly revised Tales from the Afterworld series.
Spoiler-Free Plot SummaryPasanen walks us through the transformation of Nathan Miller into Nathan Reaper. It's a rollercoaster ride through the mortal experiences of tragedy, suffering, death, addiction, love, hope, and healing.
Nathan's early life is stained by a survivor's guilt that can only be born of an early exposure to traumatic deaths. It is at the scene of one of these calamitous events that Nathan first meets the Man in Black - a Johnny Cash lookalike in a Stetson hat, dressed from head to toe in, you guessed it, black. The feeling of knowing he shouldn't have survived to adulthood pushes him into a world of foreign affairs reporting in war-torn countries.
Nathan is first blessed, and then plagued, by what appears to be untouchable good luck, surviving countless scenarios that should have seen him in an early grave. However, this supposed good luck is actually the touch of another Eternal... the Man in White. And Nathan's survival is all a part of the gods' games.
Nathan's story takes twists and turns that make him question what is good, what is bad, and what is real. Interactions with the Eternals lead him down terrible paths of destruction, addiction, adulteration, and through the Afterworld - where he learns where we go after we die and what happens to the people he loved most. In his journey, Nathan learns that nothing is as clear cut as we believe it to be - nothing is black and white, so much as many shades of grey. This journey allows Nathan to evolve into Nathan Reaper, and finally achieve enlightenment, redemption, and happiness.
