Sebastian recounts the fateful day of June 16, 2020 when a freak medical incident in the middle of the woods brought him to the brink of death. That episode inspired "In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife." Junger's latest book is part medical drama, part searing autobiography, and part rational inquiry into the ultimate unknowable mystery. For years as an award- winning war reporter, Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020 while spending a quiet afternoon at the New England home he shared with his wife and two young children.