[PRE-ORDER] The Hour Between | Emmanuel Ricohermoso III | Light Novel

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What would you do if someone you lost came back — but only for one hour, and not a single word could be spoken?

At St. Solace Hospice, life is supposed to end quietly. But on one strange morning, three deaths crack the stillness wide open — and with them, the impossible: The Quiet Return. An hour given back to the dead, to touch, to remember, to unmake the silence… or make peace with it.

Volunteer Maya Ren isn’t ready. She’s been trained to sit with dying patients, not returned ones. As former priest Father Emmanuel, murdered politician Jonas, and forgotten teacher Haru step back into a world they thought they had left, Maya faces questions bigger than grief — and choices bigger than herself.

Some will forgive. Some will haunt.

Some will simply hold your hand until the hour runs out.

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What if someone you lost could return—for just one hour?

The Hour Between is a quiet, powerful novel about love, grief, and the things we leave unsaid. In a world where the dead can return in perfect silence for sixty minutes, the living are given one last chance—to speak, to forgive, or to simply be present. Told through interconnected stories of nurses, families, and the returned, this book explores what it means to hold on, let go, and find peace in the space between.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emmanuel Ricohermoso III has spent nearly a third of his life living abroad, straddling cultures, time zones, and versions of himself. This in-betweenness—of place, of belonging—deeply informs his writing, which often dwells in the quiet spaces between science and soul. With a doctorate in Materials Science and over a decade of experience in operations and continuous improvement, Emmanuel brings precision to the page—but it’s the emotional messiness of memory, death, and being human that truly drives his stories. He writes for those who live far from home, both literally and figuratively, and who are still figuring out what it means to return. Follow his journey @emmanuel.in.paris.