title: The Miracle Man
author: Easterling, Todd
description: When her thirteen-year-old daughter's life is threatened, the mother, Katie, takes matters into her own hands to try and protect her and inadvertently finds herself swept into a romantic and exotic, far from home breathtaking adventure. David Stein, as Senior Editor at Simon and Schuster said, "Strong writing, strong characters, solidly researched, exciting novel. Great love scenes, powerful imagery. A very strong novel..." San Diego, California author Todd Easterling, originally discovered by the Jay Garon-Brooke Literary Agency of master novelist John Grisham fame, demonstrates genre crossover into the romantic suspense, medical suspense, family life, and adventure arena in this exciting, well-written high concept literary novel which was inspired by the brilliant works of Nicholas Sparks and Nicholas Evans (The Horse Whisperer), and pays homage to classics from Ernest Hemingway (The Snows of Kilimanjaro) and Karin Blixen/Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa. The author paints vivid atmospheric settings, real world dilemmas, and sympathetic characters who leave an indelible impact on the reader in this touching story of life, death, rebirth, the protective love between a mother and daughter, and the passion possible between a man and a woman. On a mission to take control of what has threatened to destroy everything that's important to her, Katie leaves behind her life in Kentucky horse country, where she works for a thoroughbred breeding and genetics facility, and finds herself on an unexpected dangerous adventure in Africa pursuing the world's most renowned expert on genetics, a doctor devoted to saving and bringing back endangered species in the amazing new field known as de-extinction. To ensure accuracy with technical aspects of the story, the author enlisted the help of celebrated experts including Nobel Prize nominee Sir Ian Wilmut, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his astonishing breakthrough in cloning a mammal (Dolly the sheep), and Dr. Hal Broxmeyer, who pioneered work in a revolutionary new procedure. "Strong writing, strong characters, solidly researched, exciting novel. Great love scenes, powerful imagery. I think this is the best written book I've read for you. A very strong novel, and a good writer who, frankly, I think has more and quite possibly better books in him." David Stein, as Senior Editor, Simon & Schuster "The writing is good and atmospheric. Todd Easterling is an author with talent." Joseph Pittman, as Senior Editor, Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin USA "Todd Easterling certainly tells an intensely emotional story that features many sympathetic characters and he sets it convincingly in two vividly depicted, distinct locales. It has great cinematic potential." Maggie Crawford, as Senior Editor, Bantam-Doubleday-Dell, Random House Publishing Group