The End of the Beginning
The End of the Beginning represents a new avenue for author Carl Douglass to pursue. The protagonist of this novella is Sybil Norcroft, M.D., PhD., F.A.C.S who will be instantly recognizable to his fans as the striking main character in Carl’s popular novel, All in Jest. Sybil makes a serious mistake, at least in retrospect. […]
Decisions
Sybil Norcroft, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. has been nominated and confirmed to be the Surgeon General of the United States after a stellar career as a practicing and academic neurosurgeon and as a media darling for Wolf News. But…all is not what it seems to be. Dr. Norcroft is also a consummate spy whose secret life […]
Saga of a Neurosurgeon: The Vulture and the Phoenix
Arthur Koestler, the notable twentieth century playwright said, “Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.” Carl Douglass, neurosurgeon turned author, writes with gripping realism about the point in Garven Wilsonhulme, M.D., F.A.C.S’s life when he turns the hopes and aspirations of his family, friends, colleagues, and opponents into illusions. In so doing, […]
Saga of a Neurosurgeon: Academia: The Law of the Jungle
Academia: The Law of the Jungle by Author Carl Douglass, neurosurgeon turned author who writes with such gripping realism, is a novel of a driven man who finally gets to be a surgeon in training and then an academic neurosurgeon on his way to the top of his profession. He watched the fall from glory […]
Saga of a Neurosurgeon: The Long Climb
Garven Wilsonhulme almost gasped as his prospective father-in-law handed him a check for a huge sum. He could not imagine himself in possession of a sum which would answer his every need until he could start making a handsome living as a brain surgeon. He looked at the gloating expression on his adversary’s face–a look […]
Saga of a Neurosurgeon: Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell is a novel of a man’s driven life, one of overarching ambition. Here, Garven Wilsonhulme, would-be neurosurgeon, enters medical school and learns about the grim realities of competing for his place in a class where 50% of the students will be gone by the time of graduation. He makes life-long friends and […]
Saga of a Neurosurgeon: Anything Goes
Saga of a Neurosurgeon is the story of a man’s driven life, one of overarching ambition. The motto of the boy who became Garven Wilsonhulme, M.D., neurosurgeon, might well have been that of Hannibal when he prepared to traverse the Alps to attack the Romans in the Third Punic War. He told his generals of […]
Saga of a Neurosurgeon: The Young Coyote
Saga of a Neurosurgeon is the story of a man’s driven life, one of overarching ambition. The motto of the boy who became Garven Wilsonhulme, M.D., neurosurgeon, might well have been that of Hannibal when he prepared to traverse the Alps to attack the Romans in the Third Punic War. He told his generals of […]
Friends At Homeland Security
Friends at Homeland Security is the first in the six novella McGee series by Carl Douglass. McGee is a pre-eminent private investigator whose clients include the rich, famous, infamous, the important, and the unfortunate. Decklin Marcus, scion of the very wealthy investment banker, Howard Everhart Marcus, and mother Anne—residents of exclusive Gramercy Park, New York—is […]
Gog and Magog
Gog and Magog, Yawm al-Qiyamah, Yawm al-Din, The Day of Judgment opens with a meeting of highly secretive Islamic jihadists who have a well-organized and ingenious plan to cripple the United States and Europe. The leader cautions his followers–true believers all–to be patient. On the other side of the world, a former federal prosecutor named […]