Passage

A tunnel, a light, a door. And beyond it ... the unimaginable. Dr. Joanna Lander is a psychologist specializing in near-death experiences. She is about to get help from a new doctor with the power to give her the chance to get as close to death as anyone can. A brilliant young neurologist, Dr. Richard Wright has come up with a way to manufacture the near-death experience using a psychoactive drug. Joanna's first NDE is as fascinating as she imagined so astounding that she knows she must go back, if only to find out why that place is so hauntingly familiar. But each time Joanna goes under, her sense of dread begins to grow, because part of her already knows why the experience is so familiar, and why she has every reason to be afraid. Yet just when Joanna thinks she understands, she's in for the biggest surprise of all ashattering scenario that will keep you feverishly reading until the final climactic page.

Connie Willis has won major awards for her novels and short stories. Her first short-story collection, <b>Fire Watch</b>, was a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book. Her other works include <b>Doomsday Book</b>, <b>Lincoln's Dreams</b>, <b>Bellwether</b>, <b>Impossible Things</b>, <b>Remake</b>, <b>Uncharted Territory</b>, <b>To Say Nothing of the Dog</b>, and <b>Miracle and Other Christmas Stories</b>. Ms. Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her family.