Tunnel Vision

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Several people have helped me with technical matters in the writing of this book, and I would like to thank them for their generous time and expertise: Dr. James Stellar, provost of Queens College; Dr. James F. English, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Karen Zoeller, R.N., Massachusetts General Hospital. Thanks also to Cathie Gould for her insights on spirituality.

One book that was indispensable in writing this novel is The Near-Death Experience: A Reader, edited by Lee W. Bailey and Jenny Yates (New York: Routledge, 1996).

Also, a special thanks to Kathy, Nathan, and “Diamond Dave” Goshgarian, my ace in the hole.

As ever, thanks to my editor, Natalia Aponte, and my faithful agent, Susan Crawford.

Lord, I do believe; help me in my unbelief.

—MARK 9:24

PROLOGUE

THREE YEARS AGO

PLYMOUTH, MA

Karen Wells was at the computer behind the ER desk at Jordan Hospital when a call arrived in from an ambulance unit. It was nearly three A.M., and EMTs were bringing in an unidentified male about fifty years of age with minimal vital signs, possible cardiac arrest. She alerted the other nurses, the on-duty physician, Dr. Brian Kennedy, and two residents. They readied an empty cubicle specially equipped for cardiac patients.

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