My “new” book release is PROGNOSIS: GUARDED, a medical thriller drafted originally in 1977, making the novel nearly a half century old. Of all the author duties that accompany a book launch, the worst is “begging for stars” on Amazon Customer Reviews. Somehow, the star system (under 4 stars, the book does not exist) has bypassed professional reviews, making the Customer Review the most important parameter other than actual sales. So, if you read the book — available in softcover and Kindle, sold only online (see below) — and feel inspired, here’s the link to Customer Reviews: https://amzn.to/3Nuoyza

To help explain the 47-year gap between the first draft and publication, I added an introductory segment, such that our marketing “blurbs” read something like this:

Terror is timeless. This 1977 medical thriller will have you turning pages faster than you can say “Robin Cook” (whose 1977 novel COMA defined a new genre). But what happened to PROGNOSIS: GUARDED between 1977 and 2024? PART ONE takes the reader on a wild ride through the world of publishing and the life-changing impact the book had upon the author whose original draft was a locked and loaded blockbuster (or so everyone thought). PART TWO is the novel itself — PROGNOSIS: GUARDED, still crazy after all these years.