Blurb:
An epic journey of suspense, murder, and sacrifice.
Dr. Matthew MacAulay is a facial transplant surgeon at a
prestigious New York hospital. When his friend and mentor, Tom Grabowski, dies
under mysterious circumstances, Matthew uncovers his friend’s secret: a new
technique that allows perfect facial transplants. No incisions, no scars. Tom
was able to accomplish this monumental feat with the help of Alice, a
supercomputer robot with almost human abilities. While trying to find the
people responsible for murdering Tom, Matthew realizes he is the prime suspect.
He must flee for his life with the help of Dr. Sarah Larsson, a colleague and
reluctant helper, who has a secret of her own, and Alice, who helps them make
sense of a baffling series of seemingly unrelated events. The clues carry
Matthew and Sarah around the world. They stumble onto a sinister plot of
monumental proportions that leads Matthew all the way to the White House.
The Face Transplant is a powerful
medical suspense thriller of the first order. The novel was written by a
surgeon who weaves politics, medicine, and espionage into a tightly paced,
intelligent thriller.
About the Author:
The
Face Transplant is a novel written by R. Arundel a surgeon. The novel has an
authenticity only a surgeon can bring to the story. It is set in the near
future. A medical thriller, the story weaves politics, medicine and human drama
into a tightly woven plot. The book crescendos page-by-page to a totally
unexpected conclusion.
Review by Rochelle:
The Face Transplant is a gripping
thriller with compelling characters. That said I had difficulty with the
premise, even though it was written by a surgeon. I don’t see how transplanting
the skin of one person onto the bone structure of another is going to create a
double of the donor. Too much depends on bone structure. For instance, I have a
round face, short nose, and rose-bud lips. If you transplanted Cher’s face onto
mine it wouldn’t give me her cheekbones or her long nose. I never saw the movie
Face Off, but I probably would have
had the same problem unless I was convinced the machine sculpted the contours
of the person’s face as well as exchanging skin.
Then
there were head-hops. This is a new edition that has been “re-edited.”
Unfortunately, the new editor must not have been familiar with the standard of
staying with one point of view in each scene. The POV hops from one person to
another in the same paragraph, which makes me dizzy and gives me headaches.
I
really wanted to give The Face Transplant
a better rating, but I’m afraid the best I can do is three roses. If you can
suspend disbelief and buy the premise that planting one person’s skin onto
another person’s face will make him/her look like the donor, and you don’t care
how often the POV shifts, you’ll enjoy it.
Author Website:
Amazon Author Page:
http://www.amazon.com/R-Arundel/e/B00EBCQVEC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Heat Rating: PG-13
(V, L)
Length: 379 Pages
Prices:
Print: $13.45
Digital:
$2.99
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