Arena

A God in Ruins follows a similar format to Life after Life in that several possibilities are offered for the main character's life. The hero is Teddy, who was a pilot during WWII and in his old age keeps reliving the raids he undertook, together with other parts of his life. Every decade is beautifully captured in just the right detail and the characters come alive with the author's descriptions, there is a lot of humour too. It does come as a shock to find at the end of the book that this life did not turn out as described. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and would rate it 9/10.