What awaits us beyond the veil? The answer may be as varied as humanity itself.In this genre-defying masterpiece, follow Isabelle-physicist, adventurer, everywoman-as she dies spectacularly forty-nine times, each death a gateway to a different vision of the afterlife. From the technological sublime of "The Digital Beyond" to the primal terror of "The Beast Collective," from the bureaucratic labyrinth of "The Celestial Spheres" to the cosmic wonder of "The Star Children"-each chapter reimagines eternity through a diverse cultural lens and literary tradition.
Witness Isabelle's transformation into a quantum wavelength dispersed across dimensions. Join her in the ancestral realms of African spirituality. Follow her descent through Dante's nine circles and her ascent through Norse mythology's frozen wastes. Experience her bewilderment in the absurdist Event Horizon Café and her transcendence in the Pure Land of Buddhist tradition.
Blending science fiction, horror, fantasy, and philosophical meditation with unflinching imagination, this kaleidoscopic novel challenges everything we think we know about life, death, and what may lie beyond. As Isabelle dies and is reborn in worlds of judgment and forgiveness, of cosmic justice and inexplicable grace, one question remains:
When all possible afterlives converge, who-or what-will Isabelle ultimately become?
"Visionary... combines scholarly depth with breathtaking creative range. Each chapter pulls you into a new universe with its own rules, terrors, and wonders." - Literary Review
"A dazzling conceptual feast that treats death not as an ending but as forty-nine brilliant beginnings." - The Guardian