At the End of the River Styx

By: Michelle Kulwicki

Narrated by: Dillon Sickels, Jeremy Gardner

Set in the mythic underworld and modern Portland, two boys rediscover the joy of life in this tragic love story.

Before he can be reborn, Zan has spent 499 years bound in a 500-year curse to process souls for the monstrous Ferryman—and if he fails, he dies.

In Portland, Bastian is grieving. He survived a car accident that took his mother and impulse-purchased a crumbling bookstore with the life insurance money.

But in sleep, death’s mark keeps dragging Bastian into Zan’s office. It shouldn’t be a problem to log his soul and forget he ever existed. But when Zan follows Bastian through his memories of grief and hope, Zan realizes that he is not ready for Bastian to die.

The boys borrow time hiding in the memories of the dead while the Ferryman hunts them, and Zan must decide if he’s willing to give up his chance at life to save Bastian—and Bastian must decide if he’s willing to keep living if it means losing Zan.

©2024 Michelle Kulwicki (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Love, Loss, and Stunning Writing

A charming debut novel by a talented writer. Beautifully written, lovable characters, and a heartfelt exploration of loss and grief, and everything that makes us human. Magical Realism meets modern exploration of Greek fables in a 5 star novel. **also, there is No Tolkien bashing, I think the other reviewer misunderstood the scene. :)

This is a tragedy

Any book that features a character trashing Tolkien in any way is automatically 2 stars or less.