About the Author

Thomas M. Daniel is an emeritus professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University. During his academic medical career he was a specialist in pulmonary medicine and directed a research laboratory studying patients' immune responses to tuberculosis. In his retirement years he has turned to writing. His previous works include seven nonfiction books focused on medical history. Escape is his first work of fiction. He has lived in Bolivia and traveled extensively in the regions in which this novel is set.