“Quill says: Not only is this a good read, but it’s one all of us should take the time to read, understand, and realize how to live life like there’s no tomorrow.”

“From a dying brother’s letter of despair and hope, David Jones creates a harrowing mix of humanity and inhumanity; love and terror; medical madness and mirages of miracles. The searing journey the author imagines for his brother compels readers to confront profound questions of how life is best lived and death best met.”

“Jones has delighted us for years with his blog Think in the Morning. Now, in his engaging first work of fiction, he takes readers to Mexico as a young man searches for the gift of healing.”

“Part magical realism and part hard-boiled political/criminal/medical intrigue, this lush novel is dedicated to the author's older brother, who died of fast-moving cancer as a young man. This tale is like an elaborate Dia de Muertos offering, where the living strive to breach the gates of the world beyond the veil with enticements for the dead. Here, the offering is the life the author's brother never had, richly imagined and detailed. The reader ponders the age-old philosophical question: Do we dream that we are awake, or are we awake when we are dreaming? And is there a difference?”