Number-One International Best Seller
New from the internationally bestselling thriller writer Glenn Cooper,
whose books have sold more than six million copies worldwide, comes
Near Death.
A brilliant neuroscientist, obsessed with death since his own childhood
near-death experience, resorts to drastic measures to prove the
existence of the afterlife.
Milan, Italy, today. It is the most serious crisis that the world has
ever faced. Bewildered, young and old, believers and atheists are asking
all the same distressing questions: What will they do now that the
greatest dream of humanity has turned into a nightmare? What will happen
when the countdown clock winds to zero?
Boston, a few months before. It is the most complex investigation that
Cyrus O'Malley has ever faced. The FBI special agent looks at photos of
the victims for the umpteenth time and wonders why, after being
strangled, the serial killer has drilled a tiny hole through their
skull. For Cyrus the case becomes an obsession. To solve it he will be
forced to give up everything he holds dear.
England, 1988. It is the most overwhelming feeling that Alex Weller has
ever had. In ecstasy, at the pivot point between life and death, the boy
sees a river of light flowing in front of him, and on the other side
there is his father, joyfully urging him to join him. But Alex cannot
move, and suddenly he is back at the site of the terrible car accident
that has just killed his parents. Since that time Alex has had only one
goal: to understand and relive that experience. Even if he is forced to
kill.
Glenn Cooper has a background in archaeology from Harvard and practiced
medicine as an infectious diseases specialist. He was the CEO of a
biotechnology company for almost 20 years, has written numerous
screenplays, and has produced three independent feature films. His
novels have sold more than six million copies in 31 languages. He lives
in Gilford, New Hampshire.
