Death

The greatest human problem is that we are all born in the condemned cell. Money and medical science can extend the human lifespan significantly -- perhaps up to one thousand years via cloning and cryogenics -- but in the end, when the last medical miracle has been exhausted, Death still waits patiently for us.

In Death: The Final Mystery, Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe take their investigative skills to those last moments of life and beyond, exploring such puzzling topics as near-death and out-of-body experiences, reincarnation theories, hypno-regression, and automatic writing and other phenomena of the sÈance room. Evidence is drawn from trance mediums, the writings of mystics, and clear, hard facts reported by reliable eyewitnesses.

Lionel Fanthorpe is president of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, a former lecturer on the paranormal for Cambridge University's Extramural Board, and a world authority on the subject. He is the host of the popular UK television program "Fortean TV."

Patricia Fanthorpe is a meticulously accurate researcher and collaborator.

Death: The Final Mystery is the Fanthorpes' sixth Hounslow title. Their other works include Mysteries of the Bible, The World's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries, and The World's Most Mysterious Places.