ABOUT THE COLOR OF BLOOD
The Color of Blood travels back to March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic knocked the world off its axis. Set inside the walls of the fictitious Truist Health hospital just outside of Atlanta, the gritty and transformative novel takes readers on a ride inside the minds of Dr. Durant Jacques, Dr. Stan Shaffer and teen Brick Lighthouse. who are floundering under the pressure of the mysteriously deadly virus, Covid-19.
The novel exposes the doctors’ fear, confusion, and desperation to feel worthy when their training has failed them. From their unique perspectives, the characters vulnerably divulge their dreams, delusions, and disappointments in the world and themselves.
The gritty narrative fearlessly interrogates the viciousness of sudden death and how it transforms those who survive.
As the three men navigate grief, love, racism, privilege, deferred dreams, and the isolation of the digital world in a post-COVID world, they all seek solace in instant gratification, substance abuse, and prayers for forgiveness. In these pages, we witness these men struggle to find peace in a dangerous and divided world.
The once-close friendship between Durant and Stan is challenged as the pandemic leaves them bewildered and weakened. How do the once-celebrated experts maintain the illusion of success when death is everywhere? They lie to themselves, each other, and the people they love.
These brave stories masterfully reveal what happens when a man realizes that the only truth is we all share the same color of blood.