Sometimes you have to die in order to live…

Doctor Roger Harvey, a middle-aged scientist and Chief Scientific Officer of ThanatoGen, a biotechnology company, has developed a miracle drug that prevents death. While concluding an acquisition with a large pharmaceutical company in the midst of the horrors of 911, he ponders what to do with the remainder of his life. Wealthy from the acquisition but recovering from a recent divorce and suffering from a lack of self-fulfillment, he becomes obsessed with remaking himself into a younger man. In the process, he creates a new identity, undergoes medical procedures and uses hormones and exercise to rebuild his aging body. As a new man, his adventure takes him from boot camp at Fort Benning to the jungles of the Philippines. And after a harrowing life and death experience, he finds an unexpected source of fulfillment.

David Hathaway is a retired American physician-scientist who lives in the central Philippines. His novel, The Makeover, draws on his medical experience and upon his work in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. While he has written numerous scientific and medical articles and book chapters, this is his first novel. He is also the author of a fictional short story, The Interview, which was translated into Chinese and published in the World Journal. The author welcomes comments from readers at: drhathawaybooks@gmail.com