A reaper who wants to be a father. An addict who wants to forget everyone he's ever hurt. A young woman grieving the loss of her daughter. These three lives converge in THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ERIK HEART (71,000 words), a debut for fans of Death Note, THE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi Dean, and WE CAN NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE by Eric LaRocca.

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Erik Heart has not left his adoptive father's Seattle home in years. At twenty-two, he remembers nothing of who he was before coming here, and so his sense of self hinges upon the little his guardian told him: Erik once did something unforgivable. Erik's father, for his part, is a reaper: a piece of death incarnate. When the reaper's health falters, Erik must step forward as his assistant.

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Erik's first assignment brings him to an infant's deathbed. When a chance encounter unites him with the child's young mother, Sarah Archer, they form an immediate bond. But, as Erik pursues a relationship with Sarah, he too endeavors to support his father by reaping more and more. His obligation soon gives way to an addiction to reaping itself; the process allows him to experience the dying's most potent memories, thus making him feel more alive than ever before.

 

Erik's burgeoning relationship with Sarah and his insatiable thirst for reaping come into direct conflict. Ultimately, Erik's loyalty to his father, his love for Sarah, and his addiction to reaping bring him to an impossible choice: he may reap his father, thereby replacing him, or he may forgo reaping altogether and return to whatever life his father saved him from.