6.2k Views 45 Favorites 9 Chapters 0 Chapters/Week 100 Readers 0 Reviews 33k Words Dec 31, 2022 Southdog Jack Roebuck was driving home on a miserable rainy night when he died. He'd given up on college football in order to pursue a marketing degree, at his parent's behest. It was a long drive to Atlanta ahead of him, and so he stopped to fuel up- and pick up a hitchhiker. Enamored with this beautiful stranger, he picked her up and agreed to take her home. Unfortunately, a spat of distracted driving sends the two of them careening off the road and into a lake. Mister Roebuck is killed and, to his knowledge, so is his guest. Guilty in his conscience, Buck expects judgement to be meted out by Saint Peter himself. Whether he'd
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To his surprise, the beautiful woman named Ziva is his judge. He is, in her words, a wonderful specimen of humanity. Such a good soul would do wonders in other worlds, and so he's presented with a choice. Either move on into Heaven or take another chance at life in another world. An eternity's decision-making later, he's kicked rear over teakettle into a strange new world where nothing is quite the same.
Starting a new life is easy, he finds, as he integrates gracefully into a quiet rural town. But the world isn't as simple as it seems, and it soon becomes apparent he has a greater calling in this life... whether he likes it or not. So begins Roebuck's strange journey across the land, questioning faith and family and finding purpose in a foreign land.
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Contains multiple POVs. No longer being worked on.
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