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Second Lives (Fiction Without Frontiers)

by P. D. Cacek

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"Readers will find this a rewarding exploration of the emotions felt both by those confronting their own deaths and those left behind to mourn." - Publishers Weekly When four patients unexpectedly wake after being declared dead, their families are ecstatic and the word "miracle" begins to be whispered throughout the hospital. But the jubilation is short lived when the patients don't respond to their names and insist they are different people. It is suggested all four are suffering from fugue states until one of the doctors recognizes a name and verifies that he not only knew the girl but was there when she died in 1992. It soon becomes obvious that the bodies of the four patients are now inhabited by the souls of people long dead. FLAME TREE PRESSis the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.… (more)
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This novel is a spellbinding and original exploration of reincarnation in which lives that were cut short return from the dead, not as newborns and not with new lives, but in the bodies of the recently deceased. Imagine losing a loved one, but not being able to lay them to rest because a stranger now inhabits their body. Imagine having lost a loved one years ago but finding out they are now alive in a body that you don't recognize. Now imagine being that person, perhaps a child that was run down in the street waking up in the body of an elderly dying man. This is the wondrous concept brought to life by P.D. Casek.

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  IreneCole | Jul 27, 2022 |
Second Lives is a unique perspective on reincarnation. What would happen if your loved one died, yet came back. Not just that, but what if they came back as someone else? How would you handle that? How would they?

The beginning of the book covers the deaths of four people who seem to have little in common. They are different ages, different walks of life and had different causes of death.

The next part has them waking up in other people's bodies. From there Second Lives goes on to ask the "what ifs" of this situation.

While I prefer hard sci-fi this was a decent read. ( )
  Dragontears22 | Jun 20, 2019 |
This isn't quite what I was expecting, but it is certainly a most extraordinary book. The cover makes it look to be a somewhat scary story, but I found it played on other emotions and brought me close to tears several times.
Initially I thought I might lose track of all the different characters, but they're all so well rounded out and individual that there wasn't a problem, especially after pairs of story lines merged. You really get to feel for these characters and the situations they're in. Difficult, emotional situations which all have different outcomes.
This one took me by surprise, and is likely to stay with me for quite a while.

Many thanks to Flame Tree Press for the ARC. My review is my honest, voluntary opinion. ( )
  AngelaJMaher | Mar 3, 2019 |
Second Lives
by P.D. Cacek
Flametree Press
due 4-11-2019
4.9 / 5.0

The families and close friends of 4 people think they have witnessed a ¨miracle¨ when their loved ones, who have been been declared dead, regain consciousness. They begin to breathe, see, hear and talk. However, the ¨miracles¨ prove less than miraculous when the families realize their loved one, now alive, does not recognize them, or their past. They do not even respond to their own names. After examining who they claim to be, these 4 patients are now possessed with the souls of people who have been dead many years. The hospital psychiatrist claims it as proof of the ¨transmigration of the soul¨ and urges the families to accept and help these displaced souls and help them get use to the new world they have been placed in.
Fresh and creative, this is an extraordinarily exciting and compelling story of second chances. The characters are cleverly developed, each dealing with the transmigration in their own way. How the families accept it is powerful and realistic. Intelligent, powerful and a great study of character.

Fantastic and original, character driven and exciting, this is compelling from start to finish. Looking forward to more from Cacek!
Thank you to FlameTree Press, NetGalley and P.D. Cacek for this e-book ARC for a fair and honest review.
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  over.the.edge | Feb 24, 2019 |
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"Readers will find this a rewarding exploration of the emotions felt both by those confronting their own deaths and those left behind to mourn." - Publishers Weekly When four patients unexpectedly wake after being declared dead, their families are ecstatic and the word "miracle" begins to be whispered throughout the hospital. But the jubilation is short lived when the patients don't respond to their names and insist they are different people. It is suggested all four are suffering from fugue states until one of the doctors recognizes a name and verifies that he not only knew the girl but was there when she died in 1992. It soon becomes obvious that the bodies of the four patients are now inhabited by the souls of people long dead. FLAME TREE PRESSis the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

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