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    Second Lives
    Second Lives
    Second Lives
    Audiobook9 hours

    Second Lives

    Written by P.D. Cacek

    Narrated by Jennifer Woodward

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFlame Tree Publishing
    Release dateApr 11, 2019
    ISBN9781787581623
    Author

    P.D. Cacek

    The winner of both a Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award, P.D. Cacek has published over a hundred short stories and five novels. Cacek holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English/Creative Writing from the University of California at Long Beach and has been a guest lecturer at the Odyssey Writing Camp.

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    • 5/5
      Really Great!

      This is a very original story, and well written!! Fantastic narration!
    • 1/5
      So my goal is 100 books in three months. Well we are in the mist of a Pandemic. But this book I could not finish. Slow and off track. So many back stories and fluff I forgot what the main line was to be about.
    • 5/5
      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.

      I received an advance copy for review.
    • 5/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      Second Lives by P.D. Cacek Flametree Press due 4-11-20194.9 / 5.0The 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.#SecondLives#netgalley