Novels

Pathogen

Guilt-ridden over his wife’s death because he misdiagnosed her cancer, Dr. Sam Feinstein is transported to an alternate universe to a world facing a fatal, rat-borne plague set loose by an insane, revenge-seeking wizard. A physician and scientist, Sam rejects magic before he learns it functions by mental manipulation of molecules, atoms, and strings, and he learns that the plague was genetically engineered by mental manipulation of DNA. He must confront his guilt and fear of failure in a new relationship to open his heart to a new love, and he must use both medical science and magic to defeat the plague and save a world that he has come to love.

The Galactic Circle Veterinary Service

Cy Berger can’t keep his mouth shut, especially with regard to the repressive, ultraorthodox Judaic theocracy that rules Dovid’s World. Subjected to the Inquisition, his parents held as hostages, he is forced to become a spy for the government he despises. Accompanied by one of the hated Rebbinical Council, and a secret member of the underground resistance, he takes his newly-bestowed veterinary degree to other stars following his vocation ministering to all creatures, great and small--and bizarre. Whether treating a dragon with gout, a giant tiger with bad breath, a nine-headed carnivorous plant with stiff necks, or a werewolf with mange, through all, Cy vows to return to free his parents and his world.