Bøker av Leonard Schonberg

In the peaceful waters of the Pacific Ocean near Bikini Atoll, a Marshallese fisherman's motorboat suddenly strikes a mysterious object. Moments later, the horrified fisherman retrieves what seem to be human body parts. Back on shore, Jodi Larsen, a young American physician working in the Marshall Islands, tries to find a logical explanation for the fisherman's grotesque find. After reporting what she suspects may be some unknown effect from American H-bomb testing, Jim Newell, a specialist in genetic disease research, arrives to assist in an investigation. Against a backdrop of their growing love for one another, Jim and Jodi are soon drawn into a dangerous web of cover-ups, murder, and intrigue that changes their lives forever. * * * * * Leonard Schonberg, author and physician, traveled all over the world and worked as a volunteer physician in Asia, Africa and South America, one of his most recent assignments being in Uzbekistan. His previous novels, "Deadly Indian Summer," "Morgen's War," and "Legacy" were also published by Sunstone Press. "The Midwest Book Review" called "Fish Heads" a page turner galore, and "Reviewer's Bookwatch" said it was a deftly written novel by a consummately gifted storyteller.

The Navajo boy is critically ill when he is brought to the Indian hospital in Gallup, New Mexico. He harbors a deadly disease that is stalking the reservation and it soon spreads from Navajoland to the highest reaches of power in Washington, DC. Modern medicine alone can''t control this strange epidemic and John Hartman, a young physician in the Indian Health Service, must overcome the resistance of his colleagues when he turns to the ancient wisdom of the Navajo medicine men. At the same time, he must overcome his own tragic past. * * * * Leonard A. Schonberg, a physician, author and actor, was born in New York City and traveled all over the world working as a volunteer physician in South American, Asia, the Marshall Islands and Africa. His four previous novels, "Fish Heads," "Legacy," "Blackfeet Eyes," and "Morgen''s War," were all published by Sunstone Press. * * * "Booklist" reports: "During volunteer medical work in Africa, Asia, and South America, (Dr.) Schonberg learned to understand and respect a culture not his own, and that respect is a major distinction of this excellent novel that also portrays the New Mexico landscape and relations between Navajos and Anglos beautifully."

The mutilated body of a young white girl is found in the parking lot of an abandoned factory on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana. Raymond Two Teeth, a Blackfeet Tribal Police officer, is joined in his investigation of the crime by Will Perkins, a Lakota federal agent posted in Browning. In spite of the stormy relationship between the tribal cop and the FBI man, they are an effective team. Their investigation leads them to White Calf, a sadistic murderer, and to Dirk Aalford, a hay farmer and polygamist preacher known as ''the prophet.'' Both are part of a major methamphetamine distribution operation. Pursued by the FBI and Tribal Police, White Calf heads for the Canadian border, ruthlessly killing anyone who gets in his way. Raymond and Perkins find their own lives in jeopardy as they attempt to bring White Calf and Aalford to justice. Leonard Schonberg''s four previous novels, "Deadly Indian Summer," "Fish Heads," "Legacy," and "Morgen''s War," were all published by Sunstone Press. "Blackfeet Eyes" is the first novel of a trilogy set on Montana''s Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

Robert Morgen, a successful New York physician, searches for a less stressful lifestyle and moves to Vermont with his wife and son. But the rural lifestyle becomes the catalyst for the dissolution of his marriage. Discontented with the practice of medicine and saddened by the loss of his son to his wife's custody, Robert volunteers to work as a physician in the border town of Peshawar, Pakistan, during the Russian-Afghan war in 1986.While training refugee Afghan physicians and working in Afghan refugee camps, he develops a deep respect for the tenacious courage of the Afghan people. His dedication to the Afghan cause leads him to cross into Afghanistan with a French physician and nurse and a group of Afghan warriors. They are ambushed by Russian troops on a mountain pass and Robert and the nurse, Simone, are the only survivors.Their endurance tested to the maximum and often in danger in Afghanistan's deadly wartime environment, Robert and Simone struggle to make their way back across the border. In the journey through the unknown, Robert's life is irrevocably changed.LEONARD SCHONBERG served as a volunteer physician on the Afghan border in 1985 and 1986 during the Russian-Afghan war. His three previous novels, DEADLY INDIAN SUMMER, FISH HEADS and LEGACY were all published by Sunstone Press.