The Threshold - Paperback

by Mike Owens (Author)

Some folks in the small town of Canandaigua, New York, said John Merritt had a death wish. Maybe they were right. Why else would he be out ice fishing after a brief warm spell had thinned the lake's frozen crust? After an almost predictable plunge through the surface, he's saved by a team of medical experts who specialize in salvaging victims of cold water drowning. But the aftermath of John's recovery, filled with ghostly visions and uncontrollable changes in his behavior, causes him to question his own sanity. Could all this be the result of his Near-Death Experience, or is something more sinister afoot?

Author Biography

Mike Owens has undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He obtained his MFA degree in creative writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He has worked extensively with hospice programs and is the author of two textbooks on care of the dying: Care of the Terminally Ill Cancer Patient (2002), and Primary Care Issues for End-of-Life Care (2003). His first novel, The End of Free Will, was published in January, 2014. Mike lives in Norfolk, VA, with his wife, Marilyn, and their dog, Molly, a highly critical eleven-year-old Weimaraner.