Between This World and the Next, Praveen Herat
Between This World and the Next, Praveen Herat
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Between This World and the Next

Author: Praveen Herat

Narrator: Rory Barnett

Unabridged: 12 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/08/2024


Synopsis

British war photographer Joseph Nightingale, known to his colleagues as Fearless, is haunted by a brutal past and a present that has grown unrecognizable. Besieged by grief over the loss of his partner and unborn child, he travels to Cambodia, where a reunion with an old friend leads him to a young woman named Song. Imprisoned by circumstance, she, too, is longing for a past she can't reconcile and grappling with the disappearance of her twin sister. Soon after their paths cross, Song vanishes, leaving behind only a mysterious videotape, and Fearless finds himself entangled in a web of transnational sex traffickers, corrupt power brokers, and ruthless arms dealers, where nothing and no one are what they seem.

In a place where human life is cheap and violence is just a means to an end, Fearless and Song must go to new lengths to confront their separate demons. Pulse-pounding and poignant, Between this World and the Next balances devastating cruelty with unexpected redemption. Praveen Herat blurs the boundaries between good and evil, asking us to reexamine complicity and the consequences of looking the other way.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on July 23, 2025

A gripping, worldly thriller by a consummate storyteller. First and foremost, the book is a story about desperate characters pushed to their limits; but by the time you get to the end, you see it's also—like Howard's End to an industrializing England—a study of the post-Soviet order and the moral (a......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on December 20, 2024

"A good world requires people not just to avoid doing harm but to strive wherever possible to help one another". This book is powerful but in this reader’s opinion overtly nuanced and way too long for the subject matter. The first part is a really good thriller but the long drawn out rest of the book......more

Goodreads review by T on February 08, 2026

Debut fiction that was initially captivating. DNF at 50%. Beautiful cover not in Goodreads.......more