The Surrogate - dangerous medcal fiction, Book Review

The Surrogate: A Young Woman Trapped in the Greed and Power of the IVF Industry 

by Dimitri Markov 

The Surrogate is the second book in the Dangerous Doctors Series, a medical thriller with very strong themes and exceptional characters. In this entry, the reader encounters Marina Bonnaserra, a trim, pretty thirty-two-year-old nurse and an amateur artist, a woman who has had her fair share of pain, including sexual assault as a teenager. As a nurse, she doesn’t feel connected with herself and the man in her life doesn’t seem to be keen on fatherhood. She is determined to have her own child, so she considers IVF. What happens in the process is something she never bargained for. She is able to produce more fertilized eggs than is accounted for. She needs to locate them and that means pitting herself against the corporate world of IVF. Can one woman survive against the power and greed of the IVF corporate world? This is a spellbinding thriller with a fascinating protagonist that explores IVF corporate greed.

 We encounter a female protagonist who is genuinely flawed, a young woman who has been emotionally and physically hurt, and whose desire to have a child is so strong it ushers her into a world that can destroy her. She is intelligent and intuitive, driven by a strong passion. When the obsession to locate her fertilized eggs sets in, readers definitely want to see what happens to her. Dimitri Markov is a great storyteller and he crafts a plot that is unpredictable. It is hard to guess what happens next and the suspense keeps the reader turning the pages. The novel stands out in its originality. The narrative voice is confident and the prose contains a fluidity that makes for an enjoyable read. The Surrogate is a captivating story with strong themes of parenthood, corporate greed and intrigue, and the quest for a deeper human connection.