“... every reader interested in the history behind one of medicine's riskiest procedures will find it fascinating.”

BOOKLIST

“Even readers who have never heard of cyclosporine or been inside an operating room will relish this account, which is set in Africa, England and the U.S. A well-told story by a man of great accomplishment who is clearly proud—and rightly so.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

“Stuart Jamieson’s life experiences from early childhood to the present have taken me through the gamut of emotions. His roots are in Africa, but his fruition in an All-American story.”

Leonard BaileyDistinguished Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and of Pediatrics at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital

“A literary spellbinder that has important implications in geopolitics as well as medical science.”

Thomas StarzlAmerican physician and researcher, who performed the first successful liver transplant

““To those of us senior surgeons who witnessed or participated in that golden era, it is priceless.””

Denton CooleyAmerican heart surgeon, Founder of the Texas Heart Institute, famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart

““Stuart Jamieson has written a page-turner.””

Peter FieldingProfessor of Clinical Surgery and Healthcare Consultant

““A fascinating account of a life full of challenges and achievements, both in cardiac surgery and heart transplantation.””

Sir Terence English KBE FRCSFormer President of Royal College of Surgeons of England