"Sum, Forty Tales from the Afterlives" is written by David Eagleman and is a collection of forty scenarios that describe the possibilities that may exist in the afterlife. Eagleman is an accomplished author who has written the non-fiction tome, "Incognito," among other professional works. Eagleman's background makes him uniquely qualified in the writing of a book filled with thought-provoking stories and mind-bending possibilities of the type that are contained in "Sum."