The Revived (Paperback or Softback)

A privileged young man hunts for his missing mother—a popstar with a message to save the world from a ruthless cabal whose lust for economic power threatens the end of humanity.

When fifty influential people around the world awaken from mysterious comas—branded by the media as the Revived—they reveal a shared psychic warning: society will collapse unless it focuses on social and environmental needs over capitalistic greed.

While the world grapples with this shocking prophecy, 20-year-old slacker Hutch Reeves enjoys his blissful life as the only son of popstar Mandy Reeves, whose fame has only skyrocketed since becoming one of the Revived. When Mandy vanishes overnight, a covert group urges Hutch to travel to Europe and help save her and the Revived from the Plutonic Assembly, a secret group of ruthless power mongers who see the Revived as a threat to their global control. Leading the fight to protect the Assembly’s agenda is Max Lenkov, who sees Hutch as the ideal pawn to help locate the Revived.

When members of the Revived and their allies end up dead, Hutch is forced to take action, drawing on hidden gifts to save his mom—and the future of humanity.

THE REVIVED is a genre-blending mashup of ticking-clock thrills and high-octane action with a coming-of-age heart, all on a collision course with a group of capitalists desperate enough for power to kill for it—and even sacrifice the fate of the world.

If you like twisty thrills and globe-trotting action with the heart of an in-over-his-head everyman scrambling to save his mom—and the world—you'll love THE REVIVED. Suspense for fans of Dan Brown and Blake Crouch.

"plays like a movie…with equal parts of human connection, globe-trotting suspense, and courage" ̶ T. Johnson, Reedsy Discovery

"…a dazzling debut novel, full of suspense, thrills, rich character and world-building, and plenty of twists and turns."
̶ D. Maisel

Peter Szabo writes fiction and sometimes screenplays, and occasionally make films. 'The Revived' is his debut novel, and he is developing his next thriller and co-writing a contemporary mystery novel. He wrote and directed seven short films. One of his proudest accomplishments was writing and directing a screenplay adaptation of the Stephen King short story 'Nona.' He also produced the internationally distributed feature-length films, 'Defective' and 'Dead Genesis.' He lives with his wife, Irene, near Toronto, Canada, where he also enjoys connecting with his local writing community.