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Medical Thriller
"Medical thrillers envision horrific scenarios where diseases become epidemics and villains use their medical training for more sinister motives.
In these books, medical professionals face mysteries of immunology, virology, etc.”
This most sensible definition comes from the Williamsburg Regional Library, “Typical of the genre, writers in this arena transform current medical 'hot topics' into nightmarish scenarios.” Robin Cook's 1999 title, Vector, detailed the horror of a bio-terrorist anthrax attack in New York City. Michael Palmer's 2002 title, Fatal, deals with hazardous waste and the danger ...more
In these books, medical professionals face mysteries of immunology, virology, etc.”
This most sensible definition comes from the Williamsburg Regional Library, “Typical of the genre, writers in this arena transform current medical 'hot topics' into nightmarish scenarios.” Robin Cook's 1999 title, Vector, detailed the horror of a bio-terrorist anthrax attack in New York City. Michael Palmer's 2002 title, Fatal, deals with hazardous waste and the danger ...more
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Addiction isn't a moral failure; it’s a societal one. In the ER, I’ve sutured wounds from overdoses and watched schools fail to arm kids against the coming storm. ‘The Lotus Mark: The Pink Lotus’ isn’t fiction. It’s a glitter-coated bullet aimed at apathy. Here’s the truth: Lotus pills don’t just dissolve in your bloodstream. They dissolve families, cities, futures. I wrote this because nurses don’t just heal bodies; we armor souls. And sometimes, that armor is stormtrooper-plated and dripping i
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― The Lotus Mark: The Pink Lotus. A Novella on Addiction and Trafficking Through the Eyes of an ER Nurse
― The Lotus Mark: The Pink Lotus. A Novella on Addiction and Trafficking Through the Eyes of an ER Nurse
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ANASTASIA: By the time he’d finished the song, I was so wrapped up in his playing and the sound of his voice that I hadn’t realized how much my imagination had run wild. I was having a vivid daydream about those very fingers, imagining how well he could play—me—and betting mentally that he could make me sing too.
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― Day Shift
― Day Shift
I am a neurologist by trade and have written a fictional thriller, The New Reality, with medical…more
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