A Borrowed Hell (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781735354408)

Fate has dealt July a lifetime of nothings; no happy childhood, no lasting relationships, and now, no job. His mantra of perseverance has gotten him through it all, but faced with losing his home, he finally sets foot on the same road of self-destruction the rest of his family followed.

An accident changes everything. When two colliding cars send him diving from a San Diego sidewalk toward safety, he lands somewhere far from safe-in a bizarrely deserted version of San Francisco. Though he wakes in his own reality, he continues to pass out, dragged back to that strange world each time.

July is willing to do anything to end his world-hopping, right up until he learns the price: reliving a past he's tried his whole life to forget. He's not sure his sanity can take it. Not even to get back to his own world, a woman he's falling in love with, and a life he finally cares about.

WINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

★★★★★ very very good Wonderful book, intense characters, great pacing and compelling plot, leading to an ending that still rattles around inside my head weeks later. TwoBuckTim

★★★★★ Keep moving forward This is a hero's journey on the most intimate and personal level. A story of increasing conflict and tension that evokes first sympathy and then empathy: Are we heroes enough to face the pains we've locked away?
I read the latter 2/3 at one go. I couldn't put it down. That alone earned the star rating. - R. Finegold

★★★★★ Another view of Hell Colter uses 'Alternate Reality' to explore questions of Change, Courage, Suffering and what it takes to defeat our fears.
An engaging book to read and halfway through found myself staying up late into the night following the characters to discover the ending. - Don T

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