Conundrum: Life, the Afterlife, and the Space Between by Gerard Quintanar
Philosophical Fiction2026

Conundrum: Life, the Afterlife, and the Space Between

A heart-pounding journey into the afterlife.

Conundrum is a reflective, spiritually oriented novel that uses one man's passage through the afterlife to explore universal questions about meaning, morality, and the bonds that define a human life.

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About the Book

A metaphysical and visionary novel centered on Samuel Tresbie, a man in his prime whose life ends abruptly in a violent accident. Thrust into the afterlife, he navigates unfamiliar spiritual realms where he must rely on the philosophy and faith that guided him through life on Earth.

Praise from Authors:

"Most of us sleepwalk through our days without asking what they add up to — Conundrum forces that question wide open. Gerard Quintanar takes the reader on a journey through the afterlife to illuminate what a life of genuine depth and connection actually means. This is the rare novel that leaves you a different reader than when you started."

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

"Magnificent and profoundly evocative, Conundrum is more than a story—it is a sensory experience. Quintanar's superb writing puts the reader in the body of the main character for a heart-pounding, emotional odyssey that is impossible to put down."

Melissa Churchard Hannon, author of Unscripted: How women holding it all together – at home, at work, and inside – can start choosing themselves again.

"How are you living your life today? As I followed Samuel Tresbie—father, husband, and gentle man—in his final day on Earth, I thought about my own life and how I create it moment to moment. What choices am I making that foster hope or despair, belonging or detachment, love, apathy, or strife? Gerard Quintanar's book Conundrum offers questions and insights on living and dying, on collective consciousness and human connection."

Judy Ringer, author of Turn Enemies Into Allies and Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict.

"Gerard Quintanar's book, Conundrum, made me think about my own life and how I create it moment to moment. What choices am I making that foster hope or despair, belonging or detachment, love, apathy, or strife? Conundrum offers questions and insights on living and dying, on collective consciousness and human connection."

Judy Ringer, author of Turn Enemies Into Allies and Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict.

A note from the author

I pondered the subject of this book for many years, wanting to share insights I had learned along the way through a plot-driven medium.

— Gerard Quintanar

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