Hello
people.
I
have never really been a fan of sci-fi/dystopian/horror books and movies for
some reason. This is despite all attempts by my older brother, who happens
to be a movie buff, to make a disciple out of me. That
I actually watched the Twilight trilogy still remains a mystery; maybe it had
something to do with a handsome-in-a-roguish-way werewolf?
Anyway,
imagine the pleasant surprise I got when I started reading the book, An Unexpected Afterlife.
In
the opening chapter of An Unexpected Afterlife, Moshe Karlin, an erstwhile
successful businessman, awakens naked one morning on the Mount of Olives in
Jerusalem. He imagines it’s a hangover from his birthday celebration the night
before and hails a cab home, only to find his wife in bed with his bed friend.
The
mystery deepens as Moshe discovers that he has not been asleep for a night but has been dead for the past two years, and things are further
compounded with the arrival of other resurrected bodies on the scene, a man who calls
himself Prophet Elijah, and a damning conclusion by the Great Council of Torah
Sages.
What
unfolds is an intriguing plot having the right mix of mystery, suspense, romance, religion and betrayal
all rolled into one.
The fact that this book has an original storyline, in addition to being engrossing, is one reason why I read it to the end despite my not being a fan of fantasy books. I did feel it was a bit too long, however, the author, Dan Sofer,
ended the book on the right note and at the right time, with just enough information
to keep the reader hooked and begging to get answers to some unanswered
questions. I am definitely looking forward to the sequel, An Accidental Messiah,
which will be out on October 24th.
Readers
who love fantasy spiced with mystery and romance will certainly find this
book difficult to put down. It can be gotten on Amazon and other major book stores.
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