The Resurrectionist

Part classic noir thriller, part fabulist fable, The Resurrectionist careens into a territory where nothing is as it appears. Sweeney, hoping for a miracle, has arrived with his comatose son Danny at the fortresslike Peck Clinic, whose doctors claim to have "resurrected" patients who were similarly lost in the void. Plunged into the intrigue that envelops the clinic, Sweeney's quest for his son's revival leads to sinister back alleys, brutal dead ends, and terrifying corners of darkness and mystery. But the real cure for the boy's condition may lie in Limbo, a comic book world beloved by Danny before he fell into unconsciousness . . . And it is into that amazing and terrifying world that O'Connell propels the reader as he takes the elements of traditional storytelling and deftly weaves them into a masterpiece of invention.