DR. PETER BLACK has served as a physician to Congress, professor of neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School, and president of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. As an academic, he has edited a dozen books, authored or co-authored five hundred professional papers, and formed lasting friendships around the world.
Dr. Black now writes medical fiction from his home in greater Boston.
Dr. Black now writes medical fiction from his home in greater Boston.
His medical thrillers feature Boston brain surgeon Duncan "Mac" MacGregor
This fast-paced thriller blends international intrigue with high-tech surgery.
Renowned brain surgeon Duncan “Mac” MacGregor accepts an all-expense paid invitation to deliver the keynote address at an international neurosurgical conference in Seoul, South Korea.
DPRK agents hijack him from the conference and take his family hostage. Mac learns the reason for his invitation is to force him to perform secret tumor surgery on the volatile dictator of North Korea.
Mac’s surgery, performed with a twist, has world-changing consequences. He races against time to prevent nuclear disaster, all the while pursued by a merciless assassin.
From a palace in Pyongyang to a safe house in New England, this electrifying story delivers nonstop action. A warning: it may keep you up late into the night promising yourself “just one more chapter.”
Available on Amazon as ebook and paperback. Hardbound and Audiobook coming
Denial cannot cure a virus
Trapped in Wuhan, China, as a visiting professor, Dr. Duncan “Mac” MacGregor experiences firsthand the devastating effects of COVID-19.
He returns to the USA with a mission---to warn Americans about the impending plague.
Melody Swift, prominent Fox newscaster, opposes Mac at every turn and denies the importance of the so-called pandemic. Channeling the president, she claims that the virus is a Democratic plot, a hoax, another name for the flu, and “not a big deal.”
Until it strikes her nine-year-old daughter.
Desperate, she turns to Mac for help.
This gripping tale will keep you turning pages right up to its chilling conclusion.
Available soon from Amazon.
Trapped in Wuhan, China, as a visiting professor, Dr. Duncan “Mac” MacGregor experiences firsthand the devastating effects of COVID-19.
He returns to the USA with a mission---to warn Americans about the impending plague.
Melody Swift, prominent Fox newscaster, opposes Mac at every turn and denies the importance of the so-called pandemic. Channeling the president, she claims that the virus is a Democratic plot, a hoax, another name for the flu, and “not a big deal.”
Until it strikes her nine-year-old daughter.
Desperate, she turns to Mac for help.
This gripping tale will keep you turning pages right up to its chilling conclusion.
Available soon from Amazon.