Maya Hope invites you into the modern operating rooms of a trauma center, to the sweltering jungles of Guatemala, and the unpredictable tyranny of North Korea.Dr. Nicklaus Hart, a gifted trauma surgeon, searches for meaning in his life. His self-reliant spirit is broken with the death of his missionary best friend, found sacrificed at the base of a Maya Temple. Going to Guatemala to fill the … shoes of his friend at the Mission Hospital, he discovers God¿s redemption and peace in the smiles of the children he cares for. But his own life is in danger as he and his team stumble onto a deadly North Korean plot.As Nick delves into the mystery of his friend¿s death, he exposes the very cause of the extermination of the Maya race¿a virus which is about to be released upon the entire world through a bioterrorist scheme of global proportions.Nick has fought for the lives of others, but as the terrorists close in on him, he must now save himself. Brought to the end of his own strength, he discovers the answers to his soul¿s longing.
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This book, Maya Hope, and the sequel, Tree of Life; are holding their spots as my all time favorite books to date! I read 2-4 books a week; so that’s saying a lot! I learned a lot from these books, though they’re fiction! After reading them, I will never be the same!
Well written medical thriller.
Really enjoyed the medical portions of this book and the international conspiracy was intriguing.
But it’s certainly Christian fiction and the continual references and Bible quotes became a little cloying at times.
The main character, Nick, was interesting though and the North Korean terrorist plot kept me glued to the page. Enjoyed it enough that I’ve purchased the sequel, The Tree of Life, and am looking forward to seeing what Nick finds himself entangled in next.
This is a great book that makes you stop and think.
Faith Inspired Writing At It’s Best!
I am almost speechless! Just finished Dr Timothy Browne’s first book ‘Maya Hope’ & I am so deeply touched by his ability to witness thru his writing…beautiful, poignant, & necessary are the best terms I can find to describe his work in this novel! What a blessing to have found ‘his work’… both the author’s & our Lord’s… wrapped up in an exciting novel. I am thrilled to find another very adept writer to expand my Faith based author category! I have enjoyed many Ted Dekker & Frank Peretti novels (more fantasy based storylines, w/often more subtle Faith notes) but I must admit, Timothy’s bold Christianity throughout his writing is a true gift for my eyes, heart, & soul!
I’m captivated by lyrical prose, demonstrated proficiently by Dean Koontz; but inspiring & expanding my faith has only been accomplished by my reading of our Holy Bible & now a simple, albeit fictional, story written by Dr Timothy Browne!
God bless you & your family Dr Browne & thank you for the love of Jesus that shines throughout this novel!
Can’t wait to start the next book In his series.
I’m truly in awe
Dr. Nicholas Hart is an orthopedist surgeon who works at the Med in Memphis. He has just completed a surgery and is told hi father is in his office to see him. He can’t imagine what would bring his father, a retired orthopedic surgeon to come see him. He tells him that his best friend John Russell who with his wife Maggie work in a small town in Guatemala at a place they call The Hope Center. He was also an orthopedic surgeon but he and his wife felt the call to come help the people in this very small place. They also have an orphanage there. John has been murdered and his body will be brought back to his hometown to be buried. Dr. Hart goes to the funeral and he is not a Christian like John and Maggie were but after a couple of weeks he decides to go to Guatemala to see if he can help. He is in shock at how the people live and how little medical care they have. There are also evil people working to create a virus that will cause people to become sterile. There is lots of action, but good work being done and The Hope Center keeps Jesus and God at the center of it all. There are lots of good and bad things that happen, but I think you should read them for yourself. I highly recommend this book.
This review is for the audio book.
I really enjoyed this book. It is a little bit scary with everything going on in the world at the moment but what seems like a plot to an interesting mystery, has the potential to become reality, so please any bad guys don’t read or listen to this book. I enjoyed it because so much was happening, there is a lot of religious quotes but I think because it takes place mainly in Guatemala that it was appropriate. The contrast to the hospitals in the two countries is really well done and you definitely get a sense of what It is like. It is a medical thriller, so at times you did have your heart in your mouth but it certainly keeps you hooked from the start until the end. Off to start the next book.
Nick a busy trauma surgeon is no stranger to death but when his best friend is brutally murdered in Guatemala he takes it hard. When he flies out for the funeral he learns about the good work his friend had been carrying out and seeing his wife trying to carry on without him, Nick makes a judgement call and decides to stay for a few weeks. Here he is faced with surgeries that are life threatening to the patients but normal everyday operations back home. Unable to cope with the demands for his services especially when a high number of cases are for the same thing Nick enlists help from fellow doctors. Is there a reason so many children have club feet? Why has the birth rate in the area dropped to zero? Nick and his friends start to ask these important questions and in doing so uncover a sinister plot by the North Korea one that might just have lead to his best friends death.
I liked the narrator and thought he used a good a variety of voices to bring the characters to life in this jail biting adventure.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
I enjoyed the concept of this book but there are a few things I need to touch on first. I really wish the language was toned down a lot. There were words and phrases used that I didn’t care for and think if they were taken out, it would have made the story easier to read. The other topic is somewhat uncomfortable for me. At the beginning of the book we are a witness to a horrible attack on a young woman. It was a bit graphic and the author could have left some parts out. There were some intimacy scenes by several characters that for me was too detailed.
Now for the things I loved. I found the storyline to be exception. Science has come along way and it is not to far fetched to think that doctors can do techniques that may change and manipulate our body. I can say that it was scary to think there is a group out there who wanted to once again have a certain type of person that would all begin to look the same. The author does go into detail about DNA and although it was lengthy at times, I still was intrigued. You can tell that the author has done extensive research by the details he inserts in the story.
Maggie and Nick are excited that she is pregnant until they get upsetting news. A genetic disease has been detected in Maggie and the chances of her unborn child carrying the same gene is highly possible. Their trip to Poland to visit a geneticist gives them hope . I liked learning about the history of Poland and the people who lived there. BioGenics is highly regarded as a place where technology is on the cusp of changing the outcome of diseases and other genetic deformities. I was very surprised by how the story was linked back to World War II.
As I read the story I wondered if we are sometimes manipulating God’s creations. It was hard for Maggie to decide if the risk was too great as she was explained the procedure that could cure her and her baby. I did like that there was a faith element in the story. The story is packed with suspense and a series of events that could change the lives of many. I did enjoy the writing and have decided that I want to read the other books in this series. Medical thrillers get my adrenaline pumping and I love seeing where the author takes us in the world of medicine.
I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.
What could be better than a medical thriller written by a physician? Not since COMA by Robin Cook, and The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, have I been this excited about a medical thriller. Author and physician Timothy D. Browne’s Maya Hope offers a devastating medical what-if scenario and then he backs it up with layers of believable science and human nature. The story is set in the medical mission field, those end-of-the-earth places where people suffer from lack of medical care. Places the rest of the world ignores. Places where the poor are the most vulnerable. Take a thrill ride to the remote villages of Guatemala where something is happening to the villagers that a visiting physician cannot ignore or explain until he digs deeper into unspeakable danger.