Category Archives: Book Recommendations

The Organ Growers Audiobook is Now Available

 

The Ghost Heart

 

Tantor Media purchased the audio rights to the McBride trilogy of novels and has released the second book in the series, The Organ Growers.

 

For more about the book, including the inspiration for the story, two sample chapters, and interesting videos about growing human organs in the laboratory, link to the preview page.

 

You can find The Organ Growers audiobook wherever audiobooks are sold. 

 

 

If you are unfamiliar with the first book in the McBride trilogy, The Organ Takers, which is also available as an audiobook, go to the preview page to learn more.

 

Thank you, and Happy Listening.

 

 

Would You Terminate a Life …

  … to end the suffering associated with an incurable disease? In The Euthanist, Alex Dolan’s debut novel, this is exactly what his protagonist is doing. Kali,  paramedic by day and euthanist by night (and on her days off), is part of an underground group who will put you out of your misery if you meet certain criteria, your family is… Continue Reading

Indie Stars 2015 Book Giveaway – Only a Few Days Left

  There are only a few days left to enter the Indie Stars Giveaway. Winners will be announced Friday. Details and links are below.   BookLife, a feature within Publishers Weekly that is devoted to self-publishing, has published the second Starred Reviews Annual. The issue lists all of the self-published books that received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly in 2015… Continue Reading

Publishers Weekly Self-Publishing Stars of 2015

  PW Select, a quarterly feature within Publishers Weekly that is devoted to self-publishing, has published the second Starred Reviews Annual. The issue lists all of the self-published books that received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly in 2015 and includes 18 fiction titles and three nonfiction titles.   I call your attention to this for two reasons. Since… Continue Reading

Not One Among Them Left Unscathed

  Let’s consider modern battlefield surgery. I don’t have a military background, but I am a former surgeon with an extensive trauma experience, so I can make an educated guess as to how our wounded soldiers are treated.   First, conditions permitting, I would surmise that the wounded are removed from the field of battle as quickly as possible.… Continue Reading

The Immortal Game

  If you found this book lying around somewhere with the covers torn off, and you started reading it, you might think it was a Dennis Lehane novel. It’s crime fiction set in Boston, and its primary characters are mobsters and a wounded cop, but more importantly, the characters and language have great depth. This… Continue Reading