ALEXIOS, BEFORE DYING, by Chance Maree

Know that when you die, you will become aware of time flowing forward and backward, along a spiral. . .

There was once a forgetful man named Alexios. With only moments remaining before death, he sees the future lives of seven strangers, including a magician, a shaman, and a sufi. While Alexios struggles to live, the strangers themselves face hardship and grave danger.

As Alexios's thoughts become increasingly scattered, he experiences each stranger's astonishing and chilling afterlife, unaware that everyone will vanish into oblivion forever unless one small girl can recapture The Magician, who alone holds the key to restoring Alexios's mind.