Eftersom detta har gått 36 timmar utan svar kommer jag att expandera Garret Gang's kommentar till ett svar. Boken är En värld utan hjältar från Beyonders-serien av Brandon Fundera. De människor som dör och är reinkarnerade är Amar Kabal. I kapitel 18 berättar Jasher Jason och Rachel:
Jasher paused, regarding them with icy blue eyes. “‘Amar’ means ‘seed.’ The Amar Kabal are the People of the Seed.” He turned his head and lifted the roll of hair. At the base of his skull was a raised portion of flesh the size of a walnut.
Jason winced. It looked like a huge cyst. “What’s it for?”
“The amar is the vehicle of our immortality. It dislodges at our death, granting new life when planted in the earth.”
“You mean you grow?” Rachel asked in amazement. “Like a plant?”
“Buried in fertile soil, the man grows from the seed within a few months. Less fertile soil requires more time. If my seed dislodged in extremely arid terrain, I might never be reborn."
Och det är verkligen en ceremoni att markera sin första död:
Jasher laughed as if the idea were absurd. “No, we are reborn into the prime of adulthood, the age at which we first die. Our First Death is a ceremony held around age twenty."