At the End of the River Styx

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Is saving someone you love worth an eternity of servitude? To save his dying mother, Zan offered his life and centuries of servitude to the Ferryman. For 499 years of his 500-year curse, Zan has guided souls in the underworld to the edge of the River Styx so the Ferryman can devour them−and if Zan stops before his sentence is up, the Ferryman will eat his soul. In Portland, Bastian is grieving. He barely survived a car accident that took his mother, and he is haunted by troubling dreams of a dark, flooded corridor. One night, a door appears in the endless corridor and Bastian walks into Zan's office, where he learns that he was supposed to die in the accident. It should be easy for Zan to hand Bastian over like he has countless others. Only Bastian keeps disappearing before Zan can deliver him. The more they meet, the more they find they have in common and before long, their feelings for each other deepen. After an eon of loneliness, Zan can't bring himself to let Bastian die. The boys borrow time hiding from the Ferryman, but only one of them can cheat death. Zan must decide if he's willing to give up his chance at life to save Bastian−and Bastian must decide if he's willing to keep living if it means losing Zan.