The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One: At the Edge of Empire

From the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling The Shape of Water comes the "utterly riveting" (Entertainment Weekly) tale of a murdered teen who is resurrected to walk the earth for more than a century.

May 7, 1896.

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.

His second life will be nothing like his first.

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.

Love, hate, hope, and horror--Zebulon finds them. But will he ever find redemption?

"Fearlessly weaving gore, love, philosophy, and social justice issues into one sharp whole" (BCCB), The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume One: At the Edge of Empire is the epic saga of what it means to be human in a world so often lacking in humanity.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/27/2015
ISBN: 9781481411394
Pages: 656
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 08/03/2015
Entertainment Weekly 08/14/2015 pg. 66
School Library Journal 09/01/2015 pg. 168
Entertainment Weekly 11/13/2015 pg. 63
Entertainment Weekly 12/18/2015 pg. 101
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2015
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2016 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw