A fight for life. A battle for right.
Attorney Mitchell Taylor is trapped in a lose-lose situation.
Bright but inexperienced attorney Mitchell Taylor is torn between warring personal and professional interests. Can he help his client–a young surrogate mother–and save the child she carries without sealing the fate of others? The compelling answer lies in Randy Singer’s new legal thrillerIrreparable Harm.
When Dr. Nathan Brown and his wife, Cameron, undergo a controversial method of in vitro fertilization, some of their cloned embryos are used to achieve a pregnancy in surrogate Maryna Sareth while the others are cryogenically preserved. Dr. Brown’s premature death, however, and mounting evidence that the baby has Down’s Syndrome unleash a legal, ethical, and moral firestorm that will determine the future of thousands of unborn children.
Dr. Brown’s dying wish is that the remaining embryos be used for stem cell research. His wife wants to force the abortion of the baby Maryna carries in hopes that one of the remaining embryos can produce a “healthy” child. Meanwhile, Mitchell wrestles with an agonizing ethical dilemma: Can he protect the embryos, which requires that a federal legislative ban on cloning be overturned, while at the same time helping the beautiful young surrogate save the child she carries–possible only if the ban is upheld?
With time running out, Mitchell and Maryna must run a gauntlet of bioethical nightmares, corporate treachery, and life-threatening confrontations if they are to save the unborn and avoidIrreparable Harm.
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 3/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
From: Isaac
Book Title: Irreparable Harm
Book Author: Randy Singer
What do you like about this book:
Summery::
In most of his books, Singer always manages to ask the reader a question that will test their values. In this story, it is, “Should the unborn suffer because a woman does not want them to see the light of day? Yes or no.
Nowadays, that is a very important question to question. And Singer (as always) shines a biblical light on that question to see what God would say. And God triumphs in the end.
Nevertheless, Singer takes this story a step too far. Sensual scenes, sexual content, and angering violence litter this entire novel. It is impossible to avoid, and even more impossible to ignore. Not only do they subtract from the biblical message, but also from the readers’ good opinion. As well as my own.
Sexual Content::
Tuo Vang is a trafficking organization, specializing in anything from slaves to sex. A woman seduces a man to protect her daughter, unbuttoning her blouse. Another instant describes a woman seducing someone on his boat—it is said that they have had sex on previous occasions. Actual sex is never described, but the scenes are still very sensual.
In order to pay the ransom for her freedom, a woman becomes a prostitute. She is constantly hunted by these men—one kisses her very aggressively, then leaves. There is many scenes of sexual tension.
In a story, a woman claims her boss sexually harrassed her. She used that to bed her lawyer. Some sexual tension arises when Mitchell invites a woman to his house for safety. Although, it does cross his mind, nothing romantic occurs.
In several instances, Nikki wears revealing clothing and makes suggestive passes and innuendos toward men. Including making it sound like one spent the night at her place, which is quickly met with a few questionable comments from his friends.
The different internal sex organs are described in complex, scientific terms.
There's a budding romance between characters and they share kisses.
Violent Content::
Abortion is a prime topic in this novel. A woman is threatened to have horrible things done to her if she does not terminate her pregnancy.
Most of the violence inflicted are on women. Some are mugged, shot, or beaten by cowardly men, making the bloodiness so much harder to read. Several of these scenes show up, all of them worse than the one before.
A man commits suicide. A head shot makes up for about a fourth of the violence in this book.
Language::
God’s name is misused once.
Drug/Alcohol Content::
A man has a major drinking problem and is in rehab for it. However, he still finds ways to drink.
Men are drunk on a boat.
Cleanness rating:: 1.5/5
PG-13 - sexual Content, menacing violence including disturbing descriptions, and mild sensuality
Your ratings of the level of sex, violence, language and drug/alcohol use on a scale of 1-5.
Sex:3
Violence:3
Language:0
Drug/Alcohol use:1