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L. E. Waters
Infinite Sacrifice
Infinite Sacrifice opens L.E. Waters's Infinite series with Maya arriving in a peaceful place between life and death, where she is told she must review her past lives before she can move on to the afterlife or be sent back to live again. Guided by her spirit guide Zachariah, she plunges into four turbulent former selves: a sociopathic High Priest wielding power in ancient Egypt, an independent mother guarding a dangerous secret in Sparta, an Irish boy kidnapped and enslaved by Vikings, and a doctor's wife forced to take an ethical stand during a plague outbreak in England.
Each life forces Maya to confront a different kind of cruelty, courage, or complicity, building toward a larger question the series will keep returning to: what does she owe the people she was, and to who she is now?
A soul who must review her past lives before moving on to the afterlife or being reborn.
Maya's spirit guide, who explains the rules of the dead.
This is the first installment in a multi-book saga known as The Infinite Series, which continues the protagonist's journey across several subsequent volumes.
The author provides a dedicated section on her website that offers historical context for the various time periods and cultures depicted in the protagonist's past lives.