The Waiting Dead

"VanPatten delivers a fun, thoughtful fantasy with a big heart."-Kirkus Reviews

". . . a quest of redemption and restoration that echoes themes of loyalty, devotion, and a singular friendship that crosses all barriers of time and space."-BookLife (Editor's Pick)

" . . . a touching and thoughtful novel." -BookTrib

"Loved it!"-Reedsy Discovery

". . . readers will root for [the protagonists], as both characters confront their pasts and contrive to find a future. . ." -Blue Ink Review

After twenty-five lonely years in Deathway, fifty-year-old Guillermo "Guy" Truman gets a call to return to Earth. He is shocked and angered to hear the voice of his ex-partner, who dumped him for someone half his age ten years before he died. He lands in Chicago and runs into twelve-year-old potty mouthed Torrance. Torrance died fifteen years before and has been called to Earth by his dad-a man he resents and blames for his death. An unlikely pair, the two agree to accompany each other on their missions. With only three days to accomplish their tasks, they must work around the rules that govern the dead while on Earth. During their journey, they discover that death can have as many twists and turns as life-and that, even for the dead, there is something called fate.