"Written with a warm and kind
tone, Last Alive is a moving, unflinching novel that faces loss squarely
and never loses hope."
Dawn Hart
"I highly recommend
adding Last Alive to your reading list. Once you invite these
characters into your life, you will continue to care about them even as you
move on to the next story."
Kathleen M. Rodgers ~ 2026 WILLA
Literary Award Winner in Contemporary fiction for The Llano County
Mermaid Club
“Tender and haunting, it explores
the weight of secrets, the complicated bonds between people, and the slow,
imperfect work of finding a way forward.”
Dianne C. Braley, NYC Big Book
Award winner and author of The Silence in the Sound and The Summer Before
“Last Alive is a beautifully written story about
what it is like simply being a human when love and sorrow have a grip on our
tender hearts.”
Christine Green
Managing Editor at (585)
magazine Sweet Tooth (memoir)
“This wonderful book receives a
well-earned and well-deserved 5 Star review from me.”
Joseph Lewis, author of Fan Mail
and Black Yéʼii (The Evil One)
“Last Alive by David B. Seaburn is a
character-driven novel about the strange, uneven ways people keep living after
catastrophe…I would recommend Last Alive to readers who enjoy
compassionate ensemble fiction about grief, aging, family relationships,
addiction, guilt, and second chances.”
Literary Titan
“…a satisfying blend of
psychological examination and intrigue that makes this novel hard to put down.”
Diane Donovan's Literary Services
Midwest Book Review
“I found myself lost in the
beautiful prose David Seaburn has deployed to tackle some of the most difficult
themes plaguing our post-pandemic, hyper-individualistic society…the book can
help us draw a map through our own strife, reminding us that even though the
possibility of change might get lost somewhere in the middle of it all, a
chance remains to fix things at the end, before it is too late.”
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