Publisher Description
"To be able to thrive in a field most are terrified of is a source of pride . . . To be in the presence of those who have crossed over the great divide is oddly meaningful, in an ultimate sense."
In this sequel to Silent Siren: Memoirs of a Lifesaving Mortician, ride along with mortuary removal technician Matthew Franklin Sias as he cares for the deceased in rural Washington State.
Step into the hidden world of death care and explore the challenge of removing the deceased from the often-difficult, regularly awkward, and sometimes downright bizarre circumstances in which they die, the art and science of embalming, and the intrigue of forensic pathology.
Sias is a veteran death investigator, former funeral director/embalmer intern, and paramedic with twenty-eight years of emergency response experience.
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About Matthew Franklin Sias
Matthew Franklin Sias is a full-time paramedic with Central Skagit Medic One in northwest Washington state, a deputy coroner with Skagit County Coroner’s Office, and has worked as a firefighter, reserve police officer, embalmer intern, medico-legal death investigator, and nursing assistant. He lives with his wife, Kenzie, and Yorkshire terrier, Micah, in a town north of Seattle.