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Transplant

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I picked up the book and didn't put it down two hours later until I reached the last page. Adventure, cutting edge science, human drama. Great read!!

What an exciting medical thriller! The plot is neatly stitched together(forgive the metaphor). The main character, Dr. Athan Carras, gives the unusually accurate insights of a world-famous heart surgeon--especially since the author is just such a heart surgeon in real life. And while authenticity makes for an interesting novelty (and was why I bought the book in the first place), the novel is exciting and surprising in its own right. I cancelled my weekend plans because I just couldn't put the book down. And in the midst of all this heart-pounding suspense, the novel raised medical ethical issues, the dynamics of career versus family, arrogance versus competence, and winning versus succeeding.

What is the life of someone close truly worth? "Transplant" is a medical thriller that asks this question. A doctor is faced with a patient in need of a transplant; the one willing donor is a family member. But the potential donor's life could seriously be jeopardized through the process. "Transplant" makes medical ethics a riveting read from first page to last.

The author's imagination takes the reader through a fascinating and entertaining journey.
It also gives (a select few of) us a glimpse of what else the author was hoping to have achieved in his medical career.

There are three requirements I demand in a thriller. The first is that it grips me and doesn't let my attention wander. The second is that I learn some new information and the third is that it challenges my own beliefs and gets me to think outside the box of what I have always believed to be true. Dr. John A. Elefteriades medical thriller "Transplant" elegantly meets all three requirements.

Without giving away too much of the plot, the lead character, world renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Athan Carras is thrown in a moral quandary when he is asked to perform a heart transplant on the son of an obsessed multimillionaire, Terry Flint. You are swept away in the adventure as you are forced to confront your own moral ethics and what you would do given the circumstances that are revealed in this exciting, fast moving medial thriller.

Dr. John A Elefteriades ranks right up there with Michael Palmer and Robin Cook. As a bonus, Dr. Elefteriades presents you with thought-provoking ethical questions at the end of the books that will get you to reexamine your beliefs about what is necessary to make the leaps needed for medical advancement.

Our bookclub had the pleasure of reading Transplant and had an even greater pleasure in having the author attend our bookclub meeting. This book kept me glued to my seat. An absolute page turner. It's a medical, ethical thriller that keeps you yearning to see what will happen next. Full of excitement and surprises. Forces you to consider what is medically acceptable and who is to decide?

TRANSPLANT IS AN INTRIGING MYSTERY YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT DOWN. IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT MORAL AND ETHICAL CHOICES AND WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR FAMILY. THERE WAS ALOT OF ACTION THAT TOOK PLACE TO THE VERY END. I'LL BE WAITING FOR DR. ELEFTERIADES' NEXT BOOK. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE.

My wife loves these types of books and read this one in a weekend. She loved it.

I don't usually read thrillers, haven't read one in a while. This book reminded me a bit of Robin Cook's work. But it is much more thrilling. I loved this book! (If you have trouble getting into this book, keep reading.)

I thought I had it all figured out fairly early, but I didn't. Dr. Elefteriades keeps you enthralled. There is a section in the back of the book to help you understand some of the medical references you'll read. If I hadn't met Dr. Elefteriades, (he's my husband's doctor), I probably wouldn't have read the book. And that would have been a shame. I have recommended this book to everyone I know who enjoys reading and some who don't. It is hard to stop reading and put the book down, so plan to read it all at once if you can.

I hope there will be more thrillers from this author.

This is a fast paced, medical thriller that is hard to put down, once you start reading it. Also, it finishes with a shocking surprise ending. As a retired surgeon I appreciated the skill of the author in describing many technical details about heart transplant surgery in understandable "Layman's terminology."