Karolene Kreisler is a medical researcher in an ethical bind. Haunted by doubts about pushing the limits of human transplantation, she herself now needs a sight-saving organ, and is forced to face her own desperate needs. An experimental transplant seems life saving, once a donor "miraculously" becomes available. Soon thereafter, Karolena develops an unusual ability to "see" events, past and future, driving her to the truth behind high income business ventures at her hospital, a truth that may cost her life. The action of BloodBird takes place in the not too distant future, giving the reader a glimpse of what daily life, medical research and medicine could soon be like for us all.

BloodBird is a member of the Dangerous Doctors Series, which also includes : Her Charm Was Contagious, Surrogate and Vera Mortina.

Chapter 1
FirsThought Scientific, Inc.
Northwest of Neuse, North Carolina

     Sunrise passed unnoticed, its dull orange essence remaining well-hidden from all life below. On this damp North Carolina morning, it seemed that all life's occurrences happened in an odd kind of time-delay, and long hours would pass before the fog could dissipate, slower and much later than usual. Until then, the entrapped moisture managed to grip the pungent odor of industrial pollution near its ground level origin, poisoning the morning's beauty. This late in the year, the chemical stench typically stayed sequestered near a small algae-choked pond, but on this day the pond force-fed its thick green sludge into the mouth of a small artificial creek which cruelly cut a jagged, toxic pattern through the heart of FirsThought Scientific.

Close by that creek, Karolena Kreisler, a thirty-two year old research physician, stood once again motionless, as if paralyzed by a physical ailment rather than by the spiritual indecision that gripped her as she starred searching for answers through the murky gray fog obscuring the vast industrial reserve of FirsThought.

(Dangerous Doctors series of medical fiction)" by Dimitri Markov.

(Dangerous Doctors Series of medical fiction)" by Dimitri Markov.

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     "Richard’s thoughts were interrupted by a knock on his office door. Thinking it was probably Lorraine, announcing the arrival of his next patient, he got up and opened the door. He was shocked to be greeted by the penetrating stare of Vera’s cold, dark eyes. What was most apparent to him now was not any hint of a threat, nor suspicion. but their total lack of emotional content. Vera just seemed to stare right through him, almost as if her wasn’t there, or didn’t matter. It was the merciless, premeditated stare of a predator facing down helpless prey before striking, and, for a moment, it filled him with a clear sense of dread. Beyond Vera, he looked down the hall toward the reception area where Martha was visible by her absence."
     “Richard, why are you staring at me so?” Vera asked, half-sarcastically as she so effortlessly turned the dynamics of their meeting against him.
     At times like this, Richard wondered if Vera could actually read his mind, and if she did, what she must have felt. Looking directly into her eyes for the briefest of moments, he could now detect only an amused indifference. Although Vera seemed quite aware of his thoughts, she was also, paradoxically, totally oblivious to any perceived threat on his part. “I’m sorry if I was staring, Vera. I was just expecting Lorraine.”

(Dangerous Doctors Series of medical fiction)" by Dimitri Markov.

     "If we assume for the moment that your tubes aren’t open and can’t transport the eggs, your ova, from your ovary to your uterus, then just that may explain your
difficulty becoming pregnant. That severely limits your options, and I’m afraid that IVF may probably be the only practical way for you to achieve a pregnancy.”

In actuality, she suspected that what Baatard was trying to do was justify the IVF procedures, the technology, the injections, and all the expense. She wondered if she was really deceiving Baatard, if Baatard was mistaken or just fooling himself, or even trying to
fool her. She didn't care. Marina was using Baatard, using him just as much as she probably could easily have used Charlie to become pregnant. The details, the means, didn't concern her, just the end. Besides, she thought with a certain regret, both Baatard and Charlie used her, each for their own purpose. Baatard wanted her money, and
Charlie, well, it was obvious what Charlie wanted, and what he didn't. And she didn't want to be used or even to feel she was being used. Her distrust of men, born sixteen
years ago, remained as strong as ever. She suspected that was really why she avoided sleeping with Charlie, or with anyone else."

Table of Contents

Je t’aime
Life in the Fast Lane
Reap
Moments
Lady on a Time Bomb
To the Unknown Female Sitting Alone
Untitled
Waiting for the Arrival of The Midnight Special
The Golden Fleece
Redlands
Magnetic Force