A brilliant transplant surgeon. A rogue organ broker. A ghost child.And the legend that could destroy them all. A brutal murder convinces surgeon Mia Kendall there’s more than she imagined to the mysterious spike in heart transplant rejections. Determined to find answers before she loses another patient, Mia gets sucked into a dangerous international medical web. With time running out for her … running out for her youngest transplant recipient, Mia is forced to partner with a disillusioned ex-military pilot who flies brokered organs across East Africa. But searching for the truth will prove costly for the unlikely duo racing to stop a madman before he annihilates a rare and cursed bloodline.
From best-selling author Lisa Harris and award-winning author Lynne Gentry comes a chilling, hypnotic medical thriller that will take you from the suburbs of Cincinnati to the jungles of Africa.
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Loved this book!! The story was very interesting and NEW. The characters were well developed and the writing very well done. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed this book. Couldn’t put it down
Lynne Gentry and Lisa Harris have written a compelling thriller that is vividly descriptive and keeps you turning pages to discover what happens next. Each character is thoroughly developed and the settings rich in this story that explores what can happen when greed and medicine collide.
“According to legend, their kind could never die. When they grew old, they simply vanished from this world, like smoke from the cooking fire . . . but not all legends are true.”
Deep within the wilds of Tanzania, brutality is masquerading as philanthropy. Major organs are being ripped from their sanctuary, particularly hearts; and if a man, woman, or child happens to be cursed with albino blood, there is little hope for survival. Caught in the middle of this terrible foray is pediatric transplant surgeon Mia Kendall, whose patients seem to be dying at a surprising rate, in spite of her meticulous techniques and use of anti-rejection medications. Suspecting that foul play is somehow involved at the highest level, Mia coaxes bush pilot Race Daniels into helping her untangle what appears to be an international web of deceit.
Miles away in Cincinnati, Ohio, a young mother is running a race against time; watching her young daughter’s life seep out of her body day after day has been an agonizing journey with a very tragic ending in sight. Kelsey needs a new heart and parents with a million dollars in the bank; Catherine and Brad Taylor have neither, and their faith in each other is fading in the process. When it seems that an answer to prayer may be found in Africa, will Catherine risk everything dear to her own heart in exchange for her daughter’s life?
This medical thriller is written with an acute sense of the sanctity of life while hurling its readers through peril and darkness before bursting back into the light.
This story started out strong. However, very quickly, it got lost in the jumping back and forth between parallel stories. It tells of a young girl needing a heart transplant and African body parts poachers – very disturbing! I finally stopped reading as it was just to hard for me to keep everything straight.
If this book doesn’t touch your emotions and your heart then nothing will. I read this book in one sitting and any book that has tears running down my cheeks and I can’t put down then its automatically a 5 star rating for my book reviews. Highly recommend this book but it is edgier than her other books.