By Warwick Dunnett   ¡ 3 min read  ¡ May 7, 2026
A Father's Search for Answers
My son Harrison was born in 1996. He died in 2016. He was 20 years old, a singer, songwriter, and poet who performed under the name Subversive. His death was preventable. It was caused by wrongdoing and insurance fraud. And it left me devastated in a way Iâm not sure I have the words for, even now.
Once the initial wave of shock and grief began to settle, I was left with a question I couldnât shake: Where did he go? Not in the logistical sense. In the real sense. What happened to his energy, his love, his spirit? Was it justâĻ gone? Or was there something more?
I knew plenty of people who would have told me to lean on God, to trust that Harrison was in a better place. And I understand why that works for so many. But I needed more than an answer I could simply reach for in the dark. I needed something I could actually believe in... something Iâd tested, examined, and chosen with my eyes open.
So I started searching. I looked at religious doctrines and what they say about the afterlife. I looked at theories of energy transfer and reincarnation. I sat with the possibility that death might simply be the end, no heaven, no continuity, nothing. I didnât want to skip past that possibility just because it was painful. If I was going to believe something, I wanted to have earned it.
That search became Dance with Angels. The title came from TobyMacâs song â21 Years,â which he wrote after losing his own son, a piece of music that stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it. It asks the same question I was asking: Do the people we love go somewhere we canât yet see?
I wrote this book for anyone who has ever stood at the edge of a loss and felt the gap between what they were supposed to believe and what they actually felt. I wrote it for people like me, people who want more information, more answers, more proof before they decide what theyâre holding onto.
I found something I could believe in. I genuinely hope you do too.
Dance with Angels is available at lighthouseelanebooks.com and ebook available in most major retail outlets.