The Organ Takers: A Novel of Surgical Suspense (McBride #1)

Richard Van Anderson

Nov 2014 · McBride Trilogy Book 1 · White Light Press

About this ebook

Failed surgeon David McBride is in exile from the surgical community after making a costly error in judgment. Down but not out, he perseveres and is given a second chance to establish a career in surgery. But, as McBride stands on the threshold of a new life, the malignant underside of his fellow man intervenes. Under the threat of violence, David is forced to perform illegal organ harvests in a makeshift operating room hidden in a dilapidated meatpacking warehouse in lower Manhattan. Unable to resolve the excruciating moral dilemma faced each time he invades the body of an unwilling victim, David McBride fights to free himself from the situation and in the process, loses everything. When he finally loses the last shred of his humanity, he seeks revenge with surgical precision ... and instrumentation.

Ratings and reviews

Amazing read! Many twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. Dealing with an ethical and moral issue that could become reality in the near future (if it hasn't already), this book can't be put down until finished. Really loved the correct medical and surgical definitions and descriptions!

Has all the suspense, thrills and action of Cook and Crichton combined in a well plotted, fast paced story. Medical breakthroughs that have profound ethical and moral implications cleverly mixed in with megalomania and soul-less obsession. A great read overall.

Good thing I started this on a weekend...couldn't put it down and had to stay up late to finish it!

About the author

Richard Van Anderson is a former heart surgeon turned fiction writer. His surgery training took him from the “knife and gun club” of LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, to the famed Bellevue Hospital in Midtown Manhattan. His education as a writer includes an MFA in creative writing from Pine Manor College in Boston, Massachusetts. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and two sons.