After Death

Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense, writes a magnificent story about the absolute powers of good and evil in which a modern-day Lazarus is humanity's final hope.

Head of security at a top-secret research center Michael Mace awakens twenty-four hours after an incident that claimed everyone's life, including his best friend Shelby Shrewsberry. They are in a makeshift morgue.

Michael possesses a remarkable power that he and everyone else have never anticipated, allowing him to be as elusive as a ghost since he awoke. He sets out to aid Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby dearly adored, as a way of paying tribute to his late buddy. While Michael's acts change Nina's life, they also make John's father, who is a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles, angry.

However, Durand Calaphas, the most lethal assassin for the Internal Security Agency, is on the rise and poses an even bigger threat. To get his guy, Calaphas will do whatever it takes. Michael won't survive a third death if he passes away twice.

Only Michael can keep Nina and John safe—and make sure that light endures in a world that is quickly growing darker—in locations as diverse as the tarnished splendor of Beverly Hills, the streets of South Central, and a walled estate in Rancho Santa Fe.