For those who were captivated by Verghese's Cutting for Stone , themes of exile, medicine, and family also emerge in Sula's Sacrifice, the next novel in the neonatal ICU series involving Dr. Eli Kurz. Because of medical malfeasance, Eli has been "encouraged" to take a sabbatical in Ethiopia where he hopes a simple device may improve outcomes of newborns who are delivered outside of hospitals. Clinical research is difficult enough in the US, but even lives are at stake in this fast-paced medical love story. Author Bio: H. William Taeusch MD has worked in neonatal ICU's in Montreal, Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Short stories are published in Jewish Fiction.net, Gold Man Review, Israel Short Stories, Learning the Game and elsewhere. Baby Doe, DiBene's Offer, and Saving Julian are previous free-standing novels in the series. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel. Website: Newnovelstory.com