Struck down in an automobile accident that kills his body but not his spirit, Chris Nielsen is tortured by the despair of his loving wife which leads to her suicide, and must choose between life in hell with her or in paradise without her.
Struck down in an automobile accident that kills his body but not his spirit, Chris Nielsen is tortured by the despair of his loving wife which leads to her suicide, and must choose between life in hell with her or in paradise without her.

Nascido em Allendale, New Jersey de pais imigrantes noruegueses, Matheson cresceu no Brooklyn e graduou-se na Brooklyn Technical School em 1943. Alistou-se e passou a Segunda Guerra Mundial como soldado de infantaria. Em 1949 obteve seu bacharelado em jornalismo na University of Missouri-Columbia e mudou-se para a California em 1951. Casou-se em 1952 e tem quatro filhos, três dos quais (Chris, Richard Christian, e Ali) são autores de ficção científica e roteiristas.