Thanks for dropping by my site. I’m Robert Thornton, former Coast Guardsman, retired family practitioner and author. I’m a writer of thrillers, interweaving medicine and science in the plots. They are fast paced adventures with flawed but determined characters designed to keep you on the edge of your seat. Although written as page-turners, great for that summer beach read, on a deeper level my books address significant spiritual concerns such as sacrificial love and forgiveness.
My goal is to write novels that are fun and exciting but that also give the reader some food for thought. I hope you find my books enjoyable and informative.
Please, take a few moments to explore the website. And, if you have any comments or questions, don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail.
My goal is to write novels that are fun and exciting but that also give the reader some food for thought. I hope you find my books enjoyable and informative.
Please, take a few moments to explore the website. And, if you have any comments or questions, don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail.
BOOKS:
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FATAL HOPE
IF THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON ON THE PLANET BECOMES UNHINGED, WHO CAN PREVENT THEM FROM STARTING GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR? Brilliant physician Hope Allerd, M.D., joins the White House staff, appointed by President Martha Conchrane after she stops a military coup. The President calls Hope “the angel on my shoulder.” However, Martha Conchrane is starting to lose her grip on reality. After surviving an assassination attempt, she accuses China and tasks Hope with finding the assassin. If Hope fails, the President threatens to unleash nuclear hell on the People’s Republic of China. After witnessing the assassination attempt, Hope is struck by the inexplicable way the would-be killer vanishes into thin air. The disappearing act leads Hope to an unlikely theory: the shooter is a magician. Despite the FBI’s rejection of her idea, she travels to Las Vegas in search of the assassin and gets caught up in a dark, dangerous world of murder-for-hire. As the President's paranoia worsens, she sparks a series of escalating international incidents with China. The clock is ticking as the world edges closer to the brink of World War III. Can Hope find the assassin and deliver justice before the President triggers a nuclear holocaust? |
LETHAL HOPE
AS ONE MAN ASCENDS TO ABSOLUTE POWER A NATION
TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF TOTAL ANARCHY
In a stunning new thriller, brilliant infectious diseases specialist Hope Allerd, M.D., is thrust into the cauldron of post-presidential election politics that will determine the balance of power in the United States for the next one thousand years. It’s a story ripped from the headlines. After a contentious Presidential election, an ultra-conservative group seeks to overthrow the government and establish a dictatorship—rule by one man. As Hope investigates, she learns that the cunning and mercurial rogue Army General Benjamin Armstrong plans to decapitate the leadership of the United States and establish himself as President for Life. Can Hope expose the plot before General Armstrong succeeds in plunging the most powerful nation on the planet into a nightmare scenario—a country no longer ruled by laws but by the whims of one man backed by an evil cabal?
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AS ONE MAN ASCENDS TO ABSOLUTE POWER A NATION
TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF TOTAL ANARCHY
In a stunning new thriller, brilliant infectious diseases specialist Hope Allerd, M.D., is thrust into the cauldron of post-presidential election politics that will determine the balance of power in the United States for the next one thousand years. It’s a story ripped from the headlines. After a contentious Presidential election, an ultra-conservative group seeks to overthrow the government and establish a dictatorship—rule by one man. As Hope investigates, she learns that the cunning and mercurial rogue Army General Benjamin Armstrong plans to decapitate the leadership of the United States and establish himself as President for Life. Can Hope expose the plot before General Armstrong succeeds in plunging the most powerful nation on the planet into a nightmare scenario—a country no longer ruled by laws but by the whims of one man backed by an evil cabal?
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THE CURSE
SOMETHING HAS AWAKENED FROM THE PAST...SOMETHING HORRIBLE When called to consult on a patient with a near-fatal infection, brilliant infectious diseases specialist Dr. Hope Allerd is drawn into a murder investigation. But not just any murder. A serial killer commits gristly “perfect” crimes and calls down a catastrophic ancient Egyptian curse on any and all who would interfere. The body count rises and the police are baffled. As she digs deeper, Hope is thrust into a dangerous upside-down world of betrayal and time travel that takes her from the halls of the ultra-rich to the palaces of ancient Egypt. Can she find the killer before she becomes the next victim of The Curse? Now available from: |
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The Proxima PlagueThere are some monsters we cannot seeBrilliant physician, Hope Allerd is back. And this time she encounters her most lethal opponents yet. When she’s asked to consult on a critically ill patient, she encounters a series of near supernatural creatures that arise from an incurable viral disease. As she is pursued by these otherworldly beings, Hope begins to piece together their origin and the type of virus they spread. As whole cities succumb to the viral outbreak, Hope must hunt down and destroy the key to ending the scourge—Patient Zero—before the entire planet is engulfed in an extinction level plague.
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Lethal ParadiseAgainst all odds She Took on an ArmyHope Allred is a brilliant, intrepid, compassionate, and strong willed African-American physician. She doesn’t need a man to get by. But, when her on again, off again boyfriend, Clive Andrew, contacts her from a Caribbean tropical paradise, with a plea for help, painting a picture of thousands in jeopardy, she feels compelled to go to his aid. On arrival she encounters and bonds with the poor people of the island. Willing to defy authority for the sake of the disenfranchised, Hope takes on the malevolent island dictator, Anton Dubois and his private army. He is bent on murdering an entire population of poor islanders for personal gain. Hope has to battle overwhelming odds to prevent the most heinous act of mass murder since Adolph Hitler.
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The Peril ProtocolDr. Hope Allerd--intelligent, driven, and independent minded--has landed a fellowship under the mercurial and enigmatic Dr. Francis Peril. His Protocol is a miracle treatment for meningitis.
As brutally murdered women begin turning up on the hospital campus, Clive Andrew, a reporter from Peril’s past appears claiming that Peril is the most horrific serial murderer since Jack the Ripper. Driven by a tragic past, Hope investigates the murders bent on proving the reporter wrong. As she digs deeper, Hope is plunged into an abyss of terror that not only threatens her very existence but the lives of hundreds. Now available from: |
