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Out of darkness Kindle Edition

by Lawrence Gold (Author), Dawné Dominique (Illustrator), Donna Meares (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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Out of Darkness deals with the abhorrent problem of human trafficking, the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the 21st century, ranking second after drug smuggling.

There are more young American girls entering the commercial sex industry—an estimated 300,000 at this moment—and their ages have been dropping drastically—the average starting age is an alarming thirteen.
Out of Darkness follows Cynthia Lange from despair—her mother selling her into sexual slavery, to her rescue by the FBI, and her difficult transition to a prominent physician at Brier Hospital in Berkeley, California.

While she had escaped from “the life,” she can’t rid herself from its aftereffects. She deals bravely with them and begins a new life. While the FBI created “legend” obscures her past, circumstances threaten to reveal the truth and destroy all she had worked so hard to create.

We discover in this novel that the human spirit can triumph over evil.

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January 21, 2016
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I was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, moved to Queens and ascended to the Island Long Island). After graduating from Valley Stream Central High School, I went to Adelphi, a college then, a university now, and then to medical school in Chicago. The war in Vietnam interrupted my postgraduate medical training with a year in Colorado Springs and another as a Battalion Surgeon in Vietnam. I spent seven months in the Central Highlands with the 4th Infantry and five months in an evacuation hospital in Long Binh outside Saigon where I ran the emergency room. I returned intact in 1968 to complete my training in internal medicine and diseases of the kidney, nephrology. I worked for twenty-three years in Berkeley, California in a hospital-based practice and served as Chief of Internal Medicine and Family Practice. For many years, I was an active member of the quality assurance committee. We retired in October 1995 before fate could intervene. We sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge for a life at sea in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Four years later, exhausted from repairing everything on board, (often many times) we sold the sailboat and within a year took the lazy man's out; we bought a Nordic Tug trawler. We motored around Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire East Coast and Canada. I've written fourteen novels, ten in the Brier Hospital Series, and one non-fiction book, I Love My Doctor, But..., a lighthearted look at the patient/doctor relationship. I write primarily to entertain, but I can't help but pass on to readers observations and beliefs culled from years of practice, and yes, my biases, too. I strive for realism in portraying the medical scene that is gripping enough without melodrama or gimmicks. With even a minor degree of success in writing novels, comes responsibility to readers. I attempt to produce honest material that reflects my beliefs. Exposing these beliefs to the public through my writing requires courage, stupidity, or both. My fans have been generous, and although nobody enjoys criticism, I've learned much from that, too. The novel that expresses most clearly my candor, and my bias, is For the Love of God. The novel reflects my attitudes toward those who are willing to sacrifice the lives of their children for their personal religious beliefs. We live in beautiful Grass Valley with 11 year old Bennie, a Yorkie who just looks like he's on steroids and Wesley, a 1 year old rescue, a terrier of some sort.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 21, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 21, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 316 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,392,396 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,463 in Medical Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #2,729 in Kidnapping Crime Fiction
- #3,145 in Women's Action & Adventure Fiction

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I was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, moved to Queens, and then, as New Yorkers say, we ascended to the Island.

After graduating from Valley Stream Central High School, I went to Adelphi, a college then, a university now, and then to medical school in Chicago.

The war in Vietnam interrupted my postgraduate training with a year in Colorado Springs and another as a Battalion Surgeon in Vietnam. I spent seven months in the Central Highlands with the 4th Infantry and five months in an evacuation hospital in Long Binh outside Saigon where I ran the emergency room.

I returned intact in 1968 to complete my training in internal medicine and diseases of the kidney, nephrology.

I worked for twenty-three years in Berkeley, California in a hospital-based practice caring for patients with complicated illnesses often in ICU and served as Chief of Medicine.

My wife Dorlis and I retired in October 1995 and sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge for a life at sea in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Four years later, exhausted from repairing everything on board, (often many times) we sold the sailboat and within a year took the lazy man's out; we bought a Nordic Tug, a trawler. We motored around Florida, the Bahamas, the entire East Coast and completed two 'Circle trips' to Canada and back, eight months, the first time, five months, the second.

I wrote professionally as a physician to inform but rarely to entertain, at least not on purpose.

First, Do No Harm was published in April 2007. No Cure for Murder was released in August 2011. For the Love of God was published in January 2012 and The Sixth Sense in July 2012.

In the last two years, I've written three screenplays based on my novels and hope to see one or more produced for the screen. I submitted my screenplay, Rage to the 80th Annual Writer's Digest contest and won honorable mention (57 out of 11,000).

We live in beautiful Grass Valley with 7 year old Wesely, a terrier mix and Billie the Kid, a 6 year old seven pound purebred Yorkie who thinks he's a Pit-bull.

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Diana Rubino

Dr. Gold Tackles a Difficult Issue and Strikes a Chord…

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2016

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I’ve been a fan of Dr. Gold’s novels for several years, and have read most of his Brier Hospital series (I’m getting there!) I said this a while ago—he’s up there in Robin Cook’s league. Although Dr. Gold is retired from the medical profession, he will always be a doctor at heart, as well as a gifted storyteller, so the nonmedical reader can understand what goes on behind the scenes that we never see or hear about. With OUT OF DARKNESS, he tackles a serious and heartbreaking issue, makes us understand the horror and gravity of it, and at the same time, we can actually enjoy reading this story (no, you don’t have to consider it a guilty pleasure), because Dr. Gold makes it entertaining as well as informative. Dr. Cynthia Lange is the heroine, and her colleagues at Brier Hospital urge her to run for staff presidency, but she’s reluctant, for several reasons. We see all the sexism and misogyny that no doubt exists even today (I’m sure Dr. Gold didn’t have to delve into imagination to create this realism) as someone tries to block her. Then we learn about Dr. Lange’s past—she was a trafficking victim from early childhood to age 13 at the Rabbit Ranch. We relive her journey and see her emerge as a successful compassionate woman willing to help other victims. We meet other victims along the way, and although the subject matter is disturbing, I assure you Dr. Gold gives us a happy ending. I urge everyone to read this novel to learn about this heinous practice, to become aware that this still exists in the 21st century, and why is our government turning a blind eye to it?
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Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019

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Out of Darkness is an eye opening account of the very ugly world of human trafficking and the dreadful effects on the victims.
It’s definitely worth your time.
I was given a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

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Irwin Forman

Above excellent medical and legal mystery drama

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2016

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Many topics are covered including hospital staff frictions, life and death decisions and hospital dynamics. Terrific character portrayals and ongoing suspense as well as surprises make this book hard to put down. It describes how a young girl was able to escape a horrible
dysfunctional background and somewhat overcome the numerous residual traumatic memories. Relationships between men and women are
thoroughly explored. Even after finishing it, the plot remained in my mind for a lengthy time. The ending was truly outstanding and amazing.

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2016

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This was a fantastic story with all kinds of unexpected twists and turns. The characters were so very well depicted that is was hard not to believe it was fiction. This writer is super and this is my favorite book so far. I highly recommend picking up some of his books-they're all really wonderful.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2016

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the woman who was sold in to prostitution at the age of 12 years of age was freed by the F.B.I. and given a life.

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Yia-yiá 💙

A lot of triggers, hard to read and stay detached, but very powerful

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2016

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This book touched me on a personal level, and was almost too much. It was well written, and the pain is palpable. Make sure you are in a good place mentally before taking it on. A lot of triggers for people with a history of abuse.

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2016

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From Sex slave to president of medical services, and from Cyndee Lee to Cynthia Lange is the story of the horrors a person can endure and still maintain integrity and character. I am ready for the next book by Dr. Fine.

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Michael

Victims Should Not Be Blamed for What Occurred to Them!

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

This review is based on a free copy received directly from the author but reflects my own opinion.

Cynthia Lange was a victim sold into prostitution by her mother at an early age. Cynthia is rescued by the FBI and given a new chance at life, which she takes advantage of it. She goes through medical school and ends up working at Brier Hospital, the focus of most of the author's prior works. She is very successful, even being asked to run for the Presidency of the hospital, until her past starts to be exposed. Now all of a sudden the victim is now being" blamed" for what happened to her.

Some of the "old school" doctors do not like her crusade for women's rights in the hospital and asking of respect for nurses and use her past to discredit her. Additionally, Cynthia is asked to testify in court against a perpetrator associates of the perpetrator start threatening her life.

The author has woven a steady tale that has some elements of suspense and some good courtroom drama. A fairly good read.

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