Soul Survivor

The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot

By: Bruce Leininger, Andrea Leininger

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

This is the story of James Leininger, who---a little more than two weeks after his second birthday---began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out recurring phrases like "Plane on fire! Little man can't get out!" the Leiningers finally admitted that they truly had to take notice. When details of planes and war tragedies no two-year-old boy could know continued---even in stark daylight---Bruce and Andrea Leininger began to realize that this was an incredible situation.

Soul Survivor is the story of how the Leiningers pieced together what their son was communicating and eventually discovered that he was reliving the past life of World War II fighter pilot James Huston. As Bruce Leininger struggled to understand what was happening to his son, he also uncovered details of James Huston's life---and death---as a pilot that will fascinate military buffs everywhere.

In Soul Survivor, we are taken for a gripping ride as the Leiningers' belief system is shaken to the core and both of these families come to know a little boy who, against all odds and even in the face of true skeptics, harbors the soul of this man who died long ago.

©2009 by Andrea Leininger and Bruce Leininger (P)2009 Tantor

Critic reviews

"I believe with all my heart that James Leininger is James Huston again. His story is riveting." (Concetta Bertoldi, author of the New York Times bestseller Do Dead People Watch You in the Shower?)

Initial book content jumps around too much

Like others have said. Once you get past the telling from the mother’s point of view. It’s not bad. Just keep going.
What was spoken isn’t bad. But the way the story was laid out …. jumps around too much.
Liked the story. Narrator did what he could.

Unbelievable story.

Great read! Book is very well wriiten. All the facts are very well presented. It is also very convincing. I believe in reincarnation, but that people dont retain or remember the past life.

Gripping. A story any veteran and father can connect to.

The whole Leininger family bare themselves in this story. For Bruce persistence pays off. James has found the way to calm a soul across time.

The most powerful story I’ve ever read

Like most people, I was drawn to this book after watching that Primetime episode years ago. After telling the story as well as I could to many friends over the years I knew I had to finally get the book to get the entire story. So glad I did because I can’t remember a time I ever finished a book being choked up and believing that there truly is life after death. This is coming from someone that’s been staunchly agnostic for the better part of my life. Such a riveting story that really gives you no other alternative than to believe in reincarnation.

A wonderful true life story

I had heard the Leiningers on Coast to Coast AM radio. When I discovered the book on Audible I was to get it. There was no disappointment for me. I listened with rapt attention to the book. I'm a believer in reincarnation and so I didn't have the problem with the book, having read Ian Stevenson's works on the subject. I highly recommend this book.