Dan W. Luedke is a retired medical oncologist and the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles. Dan's post-retirement, part-time occupation is hospice medical director. He lives with his wife, Susan Luedke, a not-so-retired medical oncologist. They have two children and four grandchildren, who have chosen to live on opposite sides of the country. When they are not begging them to move back to St. Louis, Dan and Susan visit the kids and grandkids as often as possible. Elijah-Co is his first novel.
"""Fans of Robin Cook or Michael Palmer will welcome the arrival of the medical thriller Elijah-Co. A mysterious company represented by Doctor Lars Sorensen's college sweetheart offers money for his cancer center just after funding suddenly vanished. They put him in charge of human trials on a drug that could be the miracle cure for his wife's strange illness. Is fate answering Doctor Sorensen's most ardent wishes, or is something sinister at play? Elijah-Co thrusts Dr. Sorensen into a world he is not ready for, a world of murky morality, flagrant greed, conflicting loyalties and lurking dangers. It is a world that may open the doors to amortality, or from which Doctor Sorensen may not escape alive. You will not want to miss it."" -- JB Roth, Author of Blunt Force ""The doctor is in! Is it science...or science fiction? Real or imagined? Dan Luedke's Elijah-Co chronicles one man's struggle to choose between his professional integrity and his own private war to save his wife. The winner? The reader! Elijah-Co is a wonderfully crafted mystery-thriller with a fast-paced story line filled with nooks and crannies and twists and turns, told by perfectly imperfect characters. Simply put, Elijah-Co is great read. My only question: Does Dan Luedke have another mystery hidden under his lab coat, waiting to be revealed? I hope so...""--Ronald D. Demmans, Author of Eminent Domain"