" Larry felt something he hadn't experienced for years the sharp clutch of jealousy twisting his stomach. In all the years they d been together, he d never doubted Eleanor s fidelity in the slightest. "In this striking, startling novel, Vassi turns his talent to a tale that blends Zen and jealous passion into a suspenseful, erotically charged thriller. For Larry, he wonders if the evidence of his wife s supposed infidelity is real, or a hallucination produced by his own meditations . . . and inner fears. It all builds to a shattering climax that reexamines the idea of life, death, and sex."