A Virus. A War Zone. A Love Story Born in PPE.

Pandemic! is a powerful work of medical fiction rooted in truth, written by Dr. Donald Elton, a pulmonary and critical care physician who served on the front lines of COVID-19 in Central Florida. Drawing from firsthand experience during the harrowing early months of the pandemic, this novel brings unmatched realism, emotional depth, and ethical complexity to the story of two healthcare professionals swept into the fight of their lives.

Roger Jackson, a newly arrived cardiologist, and Isabel Melendez, an ICU nurse reassigned from the cath lab, find themselves navigating an evolving disaster—rampant infections, PPE shortages, administrative failures, and a collapsing healthcare system. As protocols fail and moral lines blur, they form a connection that defies the masks, the chaos, and the grief surrounding them.

💉 Raw, unfiltered medicine.

From bedside emergencies to hallway ventilator triage meetings, every scene captures the pulse-pounding decisions, human cost, and unseen heroism behind the hospital doors.

❤️ A love forged in crisis.

Their romance doesn’t come with roses—it emerges between crashing vents, code blues, and shared takeout meals eaten in break rooms while the world outside argues over lockdowns and hoaxes.

✍️ Written by a doctor who lived it.

This novel isn’t imagined from headlines—it was born from night shifts, policy failures, and real stories too painful for news briefs. Names and places have been changed, but the truths remain.

For readers of realistic medical drama, pandemic fiction, and character-driven stories that ask what we owe to one another in crisis—Pandemic! is urgent, intimate, and unforgettable.

Book 1 in the Roger and Isabel Series

Also available in Spanish as ¡Pandemia!