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From Sky to Sky by Amanda G. Stevens - This novel picks up the thread of narrative from No Less Days, but with a new viewpoint character. After the crisis events that ended that previous novel, when the longevites (as the small band of immortals refer to themselves) had to mete out justice to one of their own, Zac needs time out of the spotlight to cope with that, so he stays in Harbor Vale, where David (main character from No Less Days) lives.
Then they discover two more longevites, Cady and Finn, who have come for help. Four others from their little family are dead or missing and they are trying to find out what happened. They believe that the doctor that originally gave them the immortality serum developed a 'cure', but it acted too quickly, and they are uncertain whether their friends chose the cure or had it forced on them.
Zac is ready to befriend them and include them in his circle, but David and the others are more cautious. Meanwhile, Zac's fears of closed spaces and being buried alive are escalating and his carefree facade is crumbling. Will he listen to what God is trying to tell him and stop fighting? Zac wants to keep his 'family' together and bring the new longevites into their circle, but as they track down the mysterious longevite that administered the 'cure' to the others, he realizes that uniting them all will be complicated at best. The grief, guilt, anger, loneliness, and fear have been brewing for more than a lifetime.
This is a series that should be read in order, in my opinion. Although Stevens gives enough background and explanation as this story develops, the characters and their struggles are complex enough that you will appreciate more fully if you read No Less Days first. And you should, because both books are so good!
The premise is fascinating, and the dilemmas and struggles of the characters are complex and realistic. The Biblical themes of forgiveness and reconciliation run through the story, and ring true even with human characters that are essentially immortal. They need a Savior - which some of them acknowledge, and some struggle against.
From the publisher:
Zac Wilson can't die.
Daredevil Zac Wilson isn't the first celebrity to keep a secret from the world, but his might be the most marvelous in history: Zac doesn't age and injuries can't kill him. What's more, he's part of a close-knit group of others just like him.
Holed up in Harbor Vale, Michigan, Zac meets two more of his kind who claim others in their circle have died. Are their lifetimes finally ending naturally, or is someone targeting them - a predator who knows what they are?
The answers Zac unearths present impossibly dilemmas: whom to protect, how to seek justice, how to bring peace to turmoil. His next action could fracture forever the family he longs to unite. Now might be the time to ask for help . . . from God Himself. But Zac's greatest fear is facing the God he has run from for more than a century.
I received a digital ARC of this book from NetGalley for the purpose of this review.
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by Anna Lee Huber - Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage cut short their honeymoon when they are sent to Ireland to investigate the murder of a young nun. Because of the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, and hostilities between Ribbonmen and Orangemen, the investigation keeps running into dead ends.
