The Broker

By R. Darryl Fisher

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965140407
• ISBN13: 9780965140409
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Quill Pr Llc
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

An explosive tale of greed and medical intrigue

Cardiovascular surgeon and attorney R. Darryl Fisher with his first novel, THE BROKER, has written an explosive tale of greed and medical intrigue . . . a fast paced and well-written story that takes place in the unlikely confines of the operating rooms of a modern Dallas hospital and the slums of Mexico City. Black market trafficking in human organs for transplant offered to those persons who are eager, able and willing to be the highest bidder forms the basis of this riveting thriller. In THE BROKER human hearts are black-marketed by a conspiracy of the wealthy and powerful in Mexico City and Dallas who are in positions in the medical and busdiness world to pull off such a scheme. Cassy Baldwin, a young cardiovascular surgeon and divorced mother, and her eight year old son are unwittingly caught up by unplanned circumstances and swept to the center of a ruthless operation fueled by greed, the need for power, and a callous disregard for human life. The terror and danger that she and her son are confronted with can only be dealt with by a courage she is unaware of and equally desperate measures that she has never even imagined. The speed and force with which this story moves will keep the reader's interest piqued and turning pages until the twisting climax. THE BROKER could only have been written by someone familiar with, trained in, and having practiced surgery in some of the great hospitals of America, which Darryl Fisher has done. Fisher has developed a plot that keeps one guessing, written with the right amount of medical terminology to keep it interesting and more than enough suspense to keep you awake late into the night. Greed, medical intrigue and the illicit trafficking of human organs are stories taken from today's international headlines and could unfortunately be all too true. There are parts of the world, such as India, where the practice of buying and selling human organs for transplant is a thriving, open, and daily business. It is not hard to see how easily such a black market scheme, as described in THE BROKER, could be put in place in this countrty to meet the desperate shortage of organs that 10 people each day die waiting for. Darryl Fisher in his first book, THE BROKER, has written a novel that fits nicely into the moving, fast action, and highly detailed storytelling done by John Grisham and Tom Clancy. Reviewed by Lew McGill, Forks, WA.