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The Organ Takers Audiobook is Now Available

  Tantor Media purchased the audio rights to the McBride trilogy of novels and has released the first book in the series, The Organ Takers.   For more about the book, including a cool video, the inspiration for the story, and two sample chapters, link to the preview page.      For a series of excerpts from […]

Attention Kindle Owners

          The Organ Takers, The Organ Growers, and The Final Push are now available in the Kindle Owners Lending Library and on Kindle Unlimited. If you’re not sure that my style of writing suits you, read a few chapters or a few pages risk free and see what you think.                […]

The Organ Growers is Now Available

                            The Organ Growers, the second book in the McBride trilogy, is now available in Kindle and paperback formats. Hardcovers will be coming soon.   To learn more about the story, including sample chapters, the inspiration behind the book, and a couple of cool videos that explain how […]

The Organ Growers – Available for Preorder

      The Organ Growers, the second book in the McBride series and follow-up to The Organ Takers, has completed the editorial process. No major rewrites are necessary, but I do need to add some finishing touches. I’ve made the ebook version available for preorder with a release date of December 14th, which will give me […]

The Organ Growers – Available for Pre-order

      The Organ Growers, the second book in the McBride series and follow-up to The Organ Takers, has completed the editorial process. No major rewrites are necessary, but I do need to add some finishing touches. I’ve made the ebook version available for preorder with a release date of December 14th, which will give me […]

Red Notice: you don’t want one of these.

  Red Notice  n.  A communication issued by Interpol requesting the arrest of wanted persons, with a view to extradition. An Interpol Red Notice is the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today.    In my humble opinion, Vladimir Putin is the most dangerous man in the world. Yes, we have ISIS, who […]

The Organ Growers Coming Soon

    Book 2 in the McBride series, The Organ Growers, will soon be in the hands of my beta readers. Once my stellar team is done and the necessary revisions are completed, the manuscript will then go to the editors. If they don’t slice and dice the story too much, I’m hoping for a publication date in December. Once I have a […]

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 […]

Would You Take 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 […]

Trauma University: The First Five Lessons

                    If you are familiar with my background, you’re aware that I spent time at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana and Bellevue Hospital in New York City, both of which have level 1 trauma centers.     During my combined 10 years of surgical training I saw […]