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he’d gotten the
response:
     
    Everything in place. Tracking you.
     
    Smiling, he lay on his back and
floated. Thinking on all that had happened he could not help but
laugh.
    And cry.
    Like a madman.
    But there was no one around to witness
it, so did it really happen? What defined his existence anyway?
What would Kierkegaard have thought? Had he lived his life with
sincerity, with passion? Did his life have meaning now, as a
result? He hadn't chosen this path, just the job which led him
here.
    As he pondered these matters, the sky
over the Atlantic transfigured into a heart-breaking shade of red
and purple. Soon, amidst the whistling wind, the lapping waves, and
seagulls calling above, the steady beating of rotors and propellers
filled the air.
    As the CH-46 Sea Knight pressed a wide
crater into the water around him, Chris thought of holding Marlena
and Robbie in his arms.
    And never letting go.
     
     
     
     

 
     
    FROM THE DESK OF JOSHUA
GRAHAM
     
     
    Dear Reader,
     
    I’d like to take this opportunity to
thank you for reading THE ACCIDENTAL EXISTENTIALIST. It means so
much to me.
     
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    Joshua Graham
     
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EXCERPT from the Bestselling Legal
Thriller BEYOND JUSTICE, by Joshua Graham
     
     
     

PART I
     
    The descent into Hell is not
always vertical.
     
    — Bishop Frank Morgan
     

Chapter One

    The question most people
ask when they first meet me is: How does an attorney from a
reputable law firm in La Jolla end up on death row? When they hear
my story, it becomes clear that the greater question is not how,
but why.
    I have found it difficult at times to forgive
myself for what happened. But a significant part of the answer
involves forgiveness, something I never truly understood until I
could see in hindsight.
    Orpheus went through hell and back to rescue
his wife Euridice from death in the underworld. Through his music,
he moved the hearts of Hades and Persephone and they agreed to
allow Euridice to return with him to Earth on one condition: He
must walk before her and not look back until they reached the upper
world. On seeing the Sun, Orpheus turned to share his delight with
Euridice, and she disappeared. He had broken his promise and she
was gone forever. This failure and guilt was a hell far worse than
the original.
    My own personal hell began one night almost
four years ago. Like images carved into flesh, the memories of that
night would forever be etched into my mind. The work day had been
tense enough—my position at the firm was in jeopardy because of the
inexplicable appearance of lewd internet images in my