A murdered teen is resurrected to walk the earth for centuries in this sweeping historical epic in the spirit of <i>The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing </i>and <i>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</i>, from the author of <i>Rotters </i>and<i> Scowler</i>.<br><br>May 7, 1896. <br> <br>Dusk. A swaggering seventeen-year-old gangster named Zebulon Finch is gunned down by the shores of Lake Michigan. But after mere minutes in the void, he is mysteriously resurrected.<br> <br>His second life will be nothing like his first.<br> <br>Zebulon's new existence begins as a sideshow attraction in a traveling medicine show. From there he will be poked and prodded by a scientist obsessed with mastering the secrets of death. He will fight in the trenches of World War I. He will run from his nightmares - and from poverty - in Depression-era New York City. And he will become the companion of the most beautiful woman in Hollywood.<br> <br>Love, hate, hope, and horror - Zebulon finds them. But will he ever find redemption?<br> <br>Ambitious and heartbreaking, <i>The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume 1: At the Edge of Empire</i> is the epic saga of what it means to be human in a world so often lacking in humanity.
