Expiration Date by Eric Wilson


Expiration Date is Eric Wilson’s sophomore release. It continues his Sense Series, in which Dark to Mortal Eyes was the first.

Clay Ryker returns to Junction City, Oregon trying to start over from a broken marriage, a failed business, and piling debt, only to find himself haunted by the memory of an accident 12 years ago.

As he enters town, a young mystic tells him he as a gift, one that he will soon feel. Clay doesn’t understand what she means, but before the night is over, he knew. As he brushed hands with his mother, hot numbers fire against his skin and are engrained in his mind.

What are these numbers? 122521. What do they mean? What kind of gift is this? More numbers come.

Clay soon receives a job at the Glenview Monument Company. He soon realizes that these numbers are death dates, Expiration Dates, if you will, of these people.

Are these numbers set in stone, or are they preventable? It seems to Clay that they are set in stone. As these numbers become more frequent and the dates loom in the near future, Clay feels inept to stop any of them.

Taunted by his past and his failure in life, Clay contemplates his own Expiration Date.

Soon, old friends from Dark to Mortal Eyes come into the story. Sarge begins piecing together these Expiration Dates and comes to term with his own past loss. Josie finds that the treasure her grandfather left her could be more than just money.

In the mix of Clay’s story, is the mystery of Engine 418 and its past. The legend of Rasputin and the Romanov’s play out in this small town. Aided by the unseen, good and evil fight against each other for Clay, for the town of Junction City, and for the future of Mother Russia.

It all ends with an unexpected twist. All is not as it seems to be. And more story is left to be revealed.

I enjoyed this book greatly. I loved to see the characters from Dark to Mortal Eyes again. This story jumped into the action from the first page and it didn’t let up till the last.

Often, as Christians, we only see the effects of the spirit realm. Eric takes it a bit deeper and allows the reader to experience it first hand. There are Angels and demons working just beyond the veil of our eyes. If we paid more attention to what is happening in the spiritual realm, and headed the call to prayer, things around us would change, lives would be saved, and hearts turned to Christ.