The Journeyman

Auteur

Michael Alan Peck tells tales big and small. Life's magical, but it isn't always enough for a good story. So he makes up the rest.A winner of the Illinois state libraries' Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project, he's been called "an author to watch" by Publishers Weekly. He's made his living writing about TV, its celebrities, and its past. He's also put food on the table reviewing restaurants and writing about travel.He has a godawful memory, so he focuses on the written word. He likes to think that over time, he's gotten better at it-the writing, not the remembering. He forgets important dates. He's pretty good with movie lines. But after several years, he tends to tweak them. He prefers his versions over the real ones.Funny goes a long way with him. Probably further than it should.

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"Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie-and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him." And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It's been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America-stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead. Three people board a bus to nowhere: a New York street kid, an Iraq War veteran, and her five-year-old special-needs son. After a horrific accident, they are the last, best hope for The Commons to free itself. Along for the ride are a shotgun-toting goth girl, a six-foot-six mummy, a mute Shaolin monk with anger-management issues, and the only guide left to lead them. Three Journeys: separate but joined. One mission: to save forever. But first they have to save themselves.