Infinite Sacrifice

By: L. E. Waters

Narrated by: Jessica Peterson

Maya's shocked to discover it's not the heaven she imagined; in fact, a life of adventure begins the moment you die. Zachariah, her faithful spirit guide, explains the rules of the dead: in order to regain complete awareness and reunite with loved ones, all souls must review their previous lives.

Maya plunges warily into her turbulent pasts as a sociopathic High Priest in ancient Egypt; an independent mother protecting a dangerous secret in glorious Sparta; an Irish boy kidnapped and enslaved by Vikings; and a doctor's wife forced to make an ethical stand in plague-ridden England.

All the while, Maya yearns to be with those she cares about most, and worries that she hasn't learned all of heaven's most vital lessons. Will she be forced to leave the tranquility of heaven to survive yet another painful and tumultuous life? Or worse, accept the bitter reality of having to go back alone?

©2011 Lauren Waters (P)2013 Lauren Waters

Loved the premise

I enjoyed the author's thoughts on reincarnation and what one must go through if such a thing exists. The stories are well thought out and complete if you consider it's about multiple lives lived. The narrator does a tremendous job reeling in the listener and it is a different experience with each life or even with the spirit guide.

You left me hanging.

Each lifetime told well enough. Spirit guide explained it would be hard to see it all again, but author didn't deliver on any of the soul's struggle through the lifetime reviews...and then at the end the reader was just left there without anything to go on or look forward to.
I was left disappointed instead of looking forward to more.

Loved this book!

This book really gets you thinking about your own existence. Makes you sit back and question dreams, people in your life, etc.

Why?

This first volume is a collection of short stories--each story is one of the main character’s previous lives as it passes through chronological history. The author did quite a lot of research to support her evolving characters; that's supported by her web site, which helps interpret some of the story in historical context. The main character changes and evolves through time. Since she cannot remember each life as she goes, lessons take a while to sink in, and sometimes you can’t really see how she learns. At the end of each life, a summary of physical characteristics of each character is given--why?. Often, the reader is confused about the themes expected by the author and I felt like each of the four lives were hardly even connected. They connect, but not in the way that the author expects. It all ties up at the end of the book. With that, Waters has piqued my interest for her next book.

Loved it

Wow, I enjoyed this book immensely, the book is a journey of a woman who in passing meets a spirit guide, who explains she must go through each life she has lived. Did she accomplish what it is to go forward…or does she return? No memories of the time with the guide. Time is different where she is at. If she was to return to earth everyone that she knew he’s already gone, and more than likely much has changed. Looking forward to book 2