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The Night Clinic
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE PREACHER SERIES…
The system took his license. The shadows gave him a purpose.
Alex Mercer was an elite Army trauma surgeon, trained to save lives under fire in the deadliest combat zones on earth. But one choice on a distant battlefield cost him his rank, his career, and his identity.
Now, he’s a ghost in El Paso, working the dark underbelly of the Texas border.
No questions. No records. No mercy.
Alongside Maria, a nurse carrying her own buried secrets, Alex runs a secret, underground clinic. They treat the people who can’t walk into an ER. The wounded, the desperate, and the dangerous. Alex believes in a simple a life is a life, and the Hippocratic oath has no exceptions.
But in the dark zones of the border, clinical neutrality is a death sentence.
While Alex focuses on saving lives, Maria begins to see the truth he the growing web of violence fueled by his steady hands. As a relentless detective pieces together a trail of cash and blood, and a cartel lieutenant moves to claim his asset, Alex faces a different kind of triage.
One where the wrong choice won't just end his life. It will destroy everything he's trying to protect.
What happens when saving a man's life is more dangerous than letting him die?
Perfect for fans of Don Winslow, Robin Cook, and anyone who loved Breaking Bad.
The system took his license. The shadows gave him a purpose.
Alex Mercer was an elite Army trauma surgeon, trained to save lives under fire in the deadliest combat zones on earth. But one choice on a distant battlefield cost him his rank, his career, and his identity.
Now, he’s a ghost in El Paso, working the dark underbelly of the Texas border.
No questions. No records. No mercy.
Alongside Maria, a nurse carrying her own buried secrets, Alex runs a secret, underground clinic. They treat the people who can’t walk into an ER. The wounded, the desperate, and the dangerous. Alex believes in a simple a life is a life, and the Hippocratic oath has no exceptions.
But in the dark zones of the border, clinical neutrality is a death sentence.
While Alex focuses on saving lives, Maria begins to see the truth he the growing web of violence fueled by his steady hands. As a relentless detective pieces together a trail of cash and blood, and a cartel lieutenant moves to claim his asset, Alex faces a different kind of triage.
One where the wrong choice won't just end his life. It will destroy everything he's trying to protect.
What happens when saving a man's life is more dangerous than letting him die?
Perfect for fans of Don Winslow, Robin Cook, and anyone who loved Breaking Bad.
406 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 1, 2026
About the author
Nathan Burrows
53 books165 followersNathan Burrows is a writer based in Norfolk in the United Kingdom. His debut novel, Blind Justice, was published in March 2018.
Nathan's a keen reader as well as a writer. He occasionally runs marathons, has a Norwich City football club season ticket, and is the proud part-owner of a Daschund puppy called Bertie.
Nathan's a keen reader as well as a writer. He occasionally runs marathons, has a Norwich City football club season ticket, and is the proud part-owner of a Daschund puppy called Bertie.
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April 1, 2026
I read this book a few weeks ago and it has been on my mind ever since. I really was engrossed in the context of it.
This is a book about a doctor with a strong sense of compassion. He sees where the medical system is letting people down and he works to make things better. He soon finds that “the powers that be” are not feeling the same vibe he does and his world falls apart.
He is almost destitute when he meets a woman that is of like mind and together they try to go forward and fix what they can for people.
This book moves very quickly. It hits on a lot of things that hits the conscious like a brick but you know he’s working for the right reasons. It’s a dangerous ride for both of them moving forward.
There are many ups and downs and terrifying bits too. I couldn’t get enough and can’t wait for the next book in the series.
This is a must read. Simply fantastic.
This is a book about a doctor with a strong sense of compassion. He sees where the medical system is letting people down and he works to make things better. He soon finds that “the powers that be” are not feeling the same vibe he does and his world falls apart.
He is almost destitute when he meets a woman that is of like mind and together they try to go forward and fix what they can for people.
This book moves very quickly. It hits on a lot of things that hits the conscious like a brick but you know he’s working for the right reasons. It’s a dangerous ride for both of them moving forward.
There are many ups and downs and terrifying bits too. I couldn’t get enough and can’t wait for the next book in the series.
This is a must read. Simply fantastic.
Review of advance copy received from Author
A gritty, edge-of-your-seat story of a physician who sinks to levels to which he never realized he was capable.
Stripped of his medical license, his dignity, and essentially his life, this story takes us to the lowest depths that someone will sink just to survive. Forced out of the military, tossed to the curb by the medical society, barely surviving in a dive apartment, wondering where and what his next meal will come from, Alex agrees to delve into an area from which there is no return. Trying to balance his conscience and his purpose in life, he takes his practice to a new low by convincing himself this is what he was meant to do, after all, he's saving lives, right? When he's approached by a nurse with her own issues, they decide as partners to leap into a pit that has no bottom.
A dogged detective is now on the trail, noting questionable activity at suspect places that have been flying under the radar, involving drugs and medical equipment. Until now.
This book is nothing less than a page turner, with graphic descriptions and detailed conversations that will certainly make it hard to find a place to stop. Go visit the Night Clinic, just as an observer, and stand side by side with Alex as he does what he does best. Saving lives...even at what might be the ultimate cost.
Stripped of his medical license, his dignity, and essentially his life, this story takes us to the lowest depths that someone will sink just to survive. Forced out of the military, tossed to the curb by the medical society, barely surviving in a dive apartment, wondering where and what his next meal will come from, Alex agrees to delve into an area from which there is no return. Trying to balance his conscience and his purpose in life, he takes his practice to a new low by convincing himself this is what he was meant to do, after all, he's saving lives, right? When he's approached by a nurse with her own issues, they decide as partners to leap into a pit that has no bottom.
A dogged detective is now on the trail, noting questionable activity at suspect places that have been flying under the radar, involving drugs and medical equipment. Until now.
This book is nothing less than a page turner, with graphic descriptions and detailed conversations that will certainly make it hard to find a place to stop. Go visit the Night Clinic, just as an observer, and stand side by side with Alex as he does what he does best. Saving lives...even at what might be the ultimate cost.
April 4, 2026
Read as advance reader.
Physician Heal Thyself
The blood and violence of Winslow's "Cartel", the philosophical and moral debates of Camus, the silences of Pinter. All here but more accessible and entertaining. High claustrophobic tension, flawed characters from both sides of the law in struggle for supremacy, leaving the innocent to lie where they fall. First in new series from consistently reliable author.
Physician Heal Thyself
The blood and violence of Winslow's "Cartel", the philosophical and moral debates of Camus, the silences of Pinter. All here but more accessible and entertaining. High claustrophobic tension, flawed characters from both sides of the law in struggle for supremacy, leaving the innocent to lie where they fall. First in new series from consistently reliable author.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Going back to his medical experiences, the author accurately describes a military surgeon forced into an existence of an underground doctor. Disgraced, stripped of his medical license, he operates on gang members, undocumented aliens, and the poor - those blocked from access to hospitals and emergency clinics by criminal, political, or poverty rules.
I received a Beta copy from the author.
I received a Beta copy from the author.
April 5, 2026
New series from author of the Preacher has to be worth reading
… and it is!
Interesting set up and love the moral conflicts that I have not seen set out so well before.
Very much looking forward to seeing where this goes!
… and it is!
Interesting set up and love the moral conflicts that I have not seen set out so well before.
Very much looking forward to seeing where this goes!
April 12, 2026
This was an excellent book. I can’t wait for the next in the series. This was a very hard book to put down.
April 22, 2026
Really enjoyed this. This was actually unputdownable. well written & great medical knowledge that was understandable.
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