Merrie DeStefano works as a freelance writer/editor for Walter Foster Publishing. She used to edit the magazines Victorian Homes, Cottages & Bungalows, and Romantic Homes. She has also worked for Focus on the Family, The Word For Today, and PJS Publications (now Primedia). She lives in Southern California with her husband. Besides reading speculative fiction, she loves to camp in the mountains, walk on the beach, watch old movies, and listen to alternative music. Learn more at 
Set in the New Orleans of the future, Afterlife gives us a chilling look at what humanity might become if we developed the technology to transcend death. The Fresh Start company uses clones and memory “downloading” to resurrect anyone with the money to pay for the privilege, up to a total of nine lives. But as we quickly learn, there are so many things that simply weren’t thought out before the technology was unveiled.
The hero, Chaz Domingue, is a scion of the family that founded Fresh Start,
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Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…