{"product_id":"afterlife-sam-stephens-9798595106757","title":"Afterlife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We're offering to kill you, and it'll cost you ten percent of your estate.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence McKenzie: husband to an estranged wife, absent father to two kids, CEO to a company that wants him gone. Now the IRS wants to make an example of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man approaches him in a bar and offers him a way out. A simple choice, really: federal prison, or an early retirement on a tropical island. With nothing left to lose, Lawrence makes a decision that will change his life forever. But he quickly finds that Afterlife isn't what he signed up for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterlife is a debut novella by Sam Stephens set on a hidden tropical island in the middle of the Pacific. This story is for anyone that has wondered what it would be like to start again; a story of hope, hopelessness, and a devolving spiral into the grip of insanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBONUS: \u003c\/b\u003e Contains a bonus award winning short story by Sam Stephens, \"The Surgeon\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat people are saying about Sam Stephens: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...well-written, well-paced. It's also damned funny.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- James Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInternational best-selling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Sam writes a crime thriller like the best on the market - good plots, twists, and underlying menace.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Greig Beck\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of the Alex Hunter Arcadian series\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...took my breath away...powerful...it tapped into raw human emotion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Sophie King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Sam is a real talent to watch out for.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- JJ Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Stephens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798595106757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Sam Stephens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851666403583,"sku":"9798595106757","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afterlife-sam-stephens-9798595106757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}