At Peril in Riyadh

It is a sweltering day in Mesa, Arizona, when Dr. David Larsen is called into the hospital to perform plastic surgery on a teenager with a facial laceration. When she suddenly dies from an injury undetected by emergency room doctors, David is unfairly blamed. After he loses a lawsuit, his partners fire him, and his wife divorces him, it seems that David's life has unraveled beyond repair.

With a broken heart and no income, David flees to Saudi Arabia, reluctantly leaving his seven-year-old son behind. Hired as the new company physician for Saudia Airlines, David is immediately thrust into a new world of medicine and patient care. But his life is about to change forever when he rescues a beautiful American nurse from a public flogging by a religious policeman. It seems that fate has brought the young couple together, and they begin to fall in love-just as David unintentionally becomes involved with a group of terrorists intent on killing the king of Saudi Arabia.

In this gripping thriller, only time will tell if a doctor and his lover will defeat the evil terrorists and prevent the assassination of a beloved king.

F. Dean Berry, MD, was educated at USC Medical School where he completed his residency in ophthalmology. He served in World War II and worked three years for King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Married and the father of six, he currently lives in Los Angeles, California.