ALLISTER BOONE

"The immortal incarnations of Death and Time, who can't be defeated, competing in a game against each other is an intriguing idea pulled off with sharp-fanged flair."- The BookLife Prize"...a confrontational psychiatrist infuses therapy with menace to the delight of thriller enthusiasts."- Kirkus Reviews--A controversial New York City psychiatrist, incapable of lying, tells his patients precisely what he thinks they need to hear: the truth, no matter the consequences. And in a fragile society where the smallest truth can crush the hardest heart, his patients both love and hate him for it.Allister Boone is more than an ear and a shoulder with a sharp tongue and a penchant for self-suffering. He is a sociopath in a suit and a smile; he’s addicted to this world but wants it to end, and since he is Death, his part in the apocalypse is always just a breath away.While being Death has its advantages, being a jaded immortal wearing a human suit and with a severe case of OCD has many disadvantages. Especially when, in a moment of desperation, Allister agrees to play the game of all games with Time, also known as the insufferable Morty Finch:“Let’s see how many lives you can save while I work against you to end them.”Allister’s biggest disadvantage, however, is his own deteriorating mental condition. With billions of souls trapped inside of him, he can only go for so long wearing the same body before they drive him mad and send him over a ledge of his own. Literally in a race against Time, Allister must not only save the lives of his patients—which is difficult to do when one has no empathy—but he must do the unthinkable to save himself and put balance back into the world.

About the Author

Jessica Tacu is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and #1 Amazon best-selling author under her maiden name, J.A. Redmerski. Her works have been translated into more than twenty languages, and have been optioned for film and television. In addition to dark contemporary fantasy, speculative fiction, psychological thriller, and satire, she writes under several pseudonyms in a variety of genres, including YA fantasy and paranormal, crime and suspense, NA romance, historical, coming-of-age, and women's contemporary fiction. Needless to say, it is difficult to juggle everything.All her life, Jessica thought she was Polish, but discovered she's predominantly Welsh and Scandinavian. She loves The Golden Girls, Xena: Warrior Princess, nature, the universe, anime/manga, and fantasizing about the apocalypse. She despises socks, shi*ty people, staying up past 10:00p.m. and sleeping past 5:00a.m. She believes in God and science, is both spiritual and blasphemous, and has tamed her lifelong, debilitating depression and anxiety not-so-simply by taking "the red pill".

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