Fiction Thriller -Sledgehammer - Published by VWP

Sledgehammer is a gripping tale of a terrorist plot unfolded in an Emergency Room in Los Angeles. 

In our book, a busy ER in LA discovers what happens when terrorists show up.  The once smooth running hospital takes on a whole new atmosphere when the unthinkable happens and a patient shows up with a rash -- but this is not your typical rash, and this is not your typical patient either.

6 Days .. Only 6 days to save a nation!

Dr. Max Kroose, an intuitive emergency room physician, suspects that this rash could be a case of the once eradicated disease that killed millions -- Smallpox.  Worst yet, he fears it's the more lethal form of small pox - Sledgehammer Smallpox, which kills within days.  He soon realizes that he and his staff have been exposed.  And that's just the beginning ...

The plot thickens as this single dad of two faces the challenges of convincing his hospital administrators and the government that smallpox could be present in his ER.  And then comes the challenge of dealing with a patient, or should we say terrorist.

The author, Dr. Paulo J. Reyes, is a practicing ER Doctor himself and First Responder in LA trained for terrorist activity. 

As the war on terror grows, this book takes you inside what could happen.

  - Published by Virtual Word Publishing, ISBN #097713870-4

One of medicine's great success stories is the global eradication of smallpox. There have been no new cases of this once-dreaded disease for more than twenty-five years. But could bioterrorists bring back this killer virus? And how deadly might be its effects on an unvaccinated population?

The medical thriller "Sledgehammer" presents just such a scenario. For the protagonist, emergency room director Dr. Kroose, smallpox is an important political issue. He wants assurances that his staff will be offered vaccination, while the parsimonious hospital administrators worry about the potential for litigation. Dr. Kroose is preparing to fight for his staff's welfare when Mr. Villalobos arrives in his emergency room. This obnoxious patient at first appears to have influenza. But does he? Could a hypothetical concern suddenly have become real and urgent?

Dr. Paulo J. Reyes is himself an emergency room doctor in California with many years of experience. He has a thorough understanding of the risk posed by smallpox, and has been vaccinated against it. He includes enough medical details in this novel to give it authenticity, and in a useful preface explains the scientific and political background to smallpox bioterrorism.

"Sledgehammer" offers a thought-provoking look at emergency-room politics and the smallpox risk, and it's also a fast-moving thriller. Share six days in the life of Dr. Kroose, and then decide for yourself about the threat of bioterrorism.

Reviewer: Reviewer: Allbooks Reviews