title: Facing Light: Preparing for the Moment of Dying (Volume 1)
author: William Douglas Horden
description: William Douglas Horden is co-author of The Toltec I Ching. He is also author of a book-length work of poetry, Palimpsest Flesh, centered around his near-death experience. His other nonfiction works are: The Five Emanations The Spiritual Basis of Good Fortune I Ching Mathematics The Image and Number Treatise The Forest of Fire Pearls Oracle A full listing of his work can be found on his website: www.williamdouglashorden.com
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  Dedication
  
  For Lyssa Keusch, editor nonpareil
  
  Contents
  
  
  Dedication
  
  Prologue
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  Chapter 21
  
  Chapter 22
  
  Chapter 23
  
  Chapter 24
  
  Chapter 25
  
  
  About the Author
  
  
  By Caroline Linden
  
  
  Copyright
  
  
  About the Publisher
  
  Prologue
  
  
  1816
  
  
  He came awake with a start, heart racing. The French were upon him—the
  tirailleurs leaping over the barricades, their long muskets gleaming in the
  hazy light as they tried to sweep his brigade from their position. His ears
  rang, deafened by the first shot that had shattered his knee. For a moment he
  struggled to breathe, waiting for the second shot that would end it all.
  
  The deafness persisted; no second shot came. Belatedly he realized there had
  been no first shot—not tonight. He was not on the battlefield in B