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BLOOD BROTHERS By Rick Acker Review by Nora St. Laurent

 Reading this fast legal suspense story, Blood Brothers was like being buckled into an intense thrill ride.  You know the kind. The extremely amazing roller coaster ride with all its surprises, twists, turns, ups and downs.  I just couldn’t put this book down.  I kept reminding myself “This is just Fiction” (breathe)! What was so unnerving to me was the story line about the pharmaceutical companies and how they rule the world! (or would like to). It was fascinating and scary all at the same time when Rick Acker describes the internal workings of a large pharmaceutical company and how they interact with the FDA.  All the court room drama in the story was just as powerful. It reminded me of the TV show Law and Order “Criminal Intent” on steroids, very vivid and deep. 

Two brothers start a pharmaceutical company so both could use their talents and work together to build something they could be proud of.  The company becomes more successful than either of them could imagine. The struggle for power and control of the money begins when they both think they have discovered the wonder drug of the century.  The results of the animal testing is almost done, what do they have to show and tell the FDA to start human testing? The Bjornsen brothers start to see the billions that  could be made if this drug was FDA approved. 

I’ll leave you with a quote from Blood Brothers:  “Love does call, you know.  He calls us to do what we cannot do alone.  He asks us to give without counting the cost, to walk through the furnace, to love the unlovable.  He asks everything of us, and He has the right to expect it…Because He gave everything for  us!” Rick Acker unveils an example of this through the story that will knock your socks off. 

This is one riveting story you won’t soon forget. 

Published by Kregel Publications
Publication Date: May 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8254-2007-8
Price: $14.99
Genre: Suspense