IN SPACE, MEDICINE CAN BE MURDER… undeterred.
Grace’s task is to treat the wounded space marines of the Conglomerate. Unexpected are the stalking, watchful androids and a mentor with Megalomania Hyperactivity Disorder. A handsome psychiatrist almost makes the zaniness worth it, but then a mysterious vessel comes to the station.
Death hammers on the airlocks with a horrifying fist. Before she knows it, Grace is in a race against the clock to find a cure for the greatest threat the galaxy has ever known, before the medical station is blown out of existence…
Welcome to the Madhouse is a romp of a medical sci-fi thriller that will hang you off the edge of a cliff and dangle you. If you like twisty sci-fi that combines gripping suspense, laugh-out-loud humor, unforgettable characters, and forbidden love, then this book is for you.
‘A layered debut that sings odes to the grandmasters of sci-fi.’ – Kirkus Reviews
‘S.E. Sasaki is a hidden treasure, a powerhouse artistic talent who in Madhouse brings us medical science fiction on a personal, engaging level that is addictive to read, sometimes scary, and always FUN. Recommended!’ – Ed Greenwood, bestselling international creator of The Forgotten Realms©
‘I loved this book. It is fast-paced, easy to read, with great characters. It’s a blend of classic sci-fi from Heinlein or Asimov mixed with the Best of MAS*H and E.R.’ — Geoff Habiger, author of Untouchable.
‘It was easy to get sucked into the madhouse…a story about physicians on a medical space station as written by a physician.’– Zachry Wheeler, author of Max and the Multiverse.
‘If you’re a fan of medical thrillers, space station stories, or really anything science fiction, I highly recommend you read this book!’–Leland Lydecker, author of Necrotic City.
Buy Welcome to the Madhouse and enter the zany world of AI’s with attitude, androids in love, and learn how to treat injured animal-adapted killing-machine space marines. Hint: Carefully.more
Sci-Fi takes on many forms, and crosses many sub-genres, but Welcome to the Madhouse by S.E. Sasaki is the first sci-fi story that I have read that is a blend of science fiction action and gritty medical drama. Dr. Grace Alexandra Lord has just received a surgical fellowship on the Nelson Mandela, the premier medical space station in the Conglomerate. Working under the brilliant surgeon Dr. Hiro Al-Fadi, Grace hopes to improve her surgical skills working on the augmented and genetically modified super-soldiers of the Conglomerate. What she didn’t count on was the sudden infatuation by Bud, a medical android built by Dr. Al-Fadi, or the obsession by the station’s head psychiatrist. When a medical emergency puts the Nelson Mandela into quarantine, Grace and the other doctors must race against the clock to find a cure.
I loved this book. It is fast-paced, easy to read, with great characters. It’s a blend of classic sci-fi from Heinlein or Asimov mixed with the best of M.A.S.H and E.R. The super-soldiers are genetically modified humans designed as massive tigers, bears, gorillas, and even orcas! The doctors are complex, with personalities that reflect not only their skill, but their inflated ideas about their skills. The banter and dialogue between the doctors feel real and makes each character come to life. Grace comes into her own as the story progresses, starting out as a new member of staff, by the end you feel that she is ready to step into any role on the station. She’s been battle-tested by the quarantine and comes out stronger because of it. Bud, the medical android, is an interesting character who is a super genius, but has a very child-like personality as he grows into his constantly updating programming. (Oh, and I really like the station AI, Nelson Mandela, who has multiple personalities, including one that creates AI poetry.)
Sasaki has created a wonderfully fun tale that blends the best of science fiction with a great medical drama. I highly recommend that you add this book to your collection.
A fantastic start to a series I read one after the other. Detailed world building, functional and dysfunctional humans and bio-altered soldiers, androids, and set in the high tension setting of a space medical station.
The authors imagination makes this one of the best scifi books I have read in a long time.
Wonderful, light hearted yet thoughtful story of a lovely surgery intern, an irascible head surgeon, and a fast learning android. This is a stand alone book, but I can hardly wait to read the next volume!
An old adage in the writing world is “write what you know.” This is good advice, because few things pull a reader out of a story faster than an author butchering their subject material. This was the primary reason why I greatly appreciated S.E. Sasaki’s novel Welcome to the Madhouse, a story about physicians on a medical space station, as written by a physician.
Sasaki’s knowledge comes across cleanly and intelligently, which helps the reader focus on a unique and compelling plot that centers around the warring activities of their animal-hybrid patients. The characters are well thought out and exhibit the appropriate flaws one might expect to see in a space ship full of trauma and chaos. In short, it was easy to get sucked into the madhouse.
As a parting note, I would be remiss not to mention Bud. Sasaki inserts some deft humor by way of this neurotic android, who is by far my favorite character. His comical interactions with the ship’s AI were my favorite parts of the book.