Ben Reeves lives in Peterborough, UK, with his wife and two children. When he’s not writing, he paints, makes music and works as a web designer for a book printing company.
Travis is Death in the modern world. He wears jeans and a T-shirt and lives in a small, gray town. His job is to offer people comfort in their final hours of life. Each death he witnesses is meaningful to him; he listens, never judges and most importantly, never tries to change anyone’s fate. He knows that every life must eventually end to maintain the balance of the universe and he respects the cycle. Then he meets Dalia, a midwife, and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter Layla, who live across the hall. As Dalia and Layla come to embrace Travis, it becomes more difficult to maintain the detachment that’s allowed him to function for so long. Their time together teaches him what’s truly important in life --- and what might be irrevocably lost in death.