From the New York Times– bestselling author comes a short story set in the world of The Returned , which was adapted into the ABC TV series Resurrection .

A man is forced to choose between the life he has now and the one he thought was gone forever in this tale from the National Book Award–winning author of Hell of a Book.

Peter Galvin was just seventeen when Tracy Whitland—the love of his life—vanished without a trace. In the years after her death, he had finally moved on, gotten married, started a family. He is content with his life now, happy even, until Tracy suddenly and inexplicably returns.

For weeks, Peter and his wife, Samantha, have been watching mysterious reports of people's loved ones returning from beyond, the world spinning into uncertainty and chaos. But they never imagined it would happen to them. With Tracy's unusual homecoming, Peter and Samantha must decide where they can possibly go from here, and whether their family can survive . . .

Read more stories of the Returned in The First and The Sparrow .