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Cole Family Trilogy Series

This saga chronicles the journey of a man driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and healing, despite his orphaned past and challenging fate. Blessed with the foresight of death and a profound desire to cure, he navigates the intricate world of medieval England and Persia. The narrative explores his relentless pursuit of becoming a physician, his battles against disease, and his struggles with societal prejudices in a vibrant and often perilous era. Experience a compelling drama of courage, determination, and the quest for one's true calling.

Choices
Shaman
The Physician

Recommended Reading Order

  1. The Physician

    • 627 pages
    • 22 hours of reading

    "Populated by engaging characters, rich in incicdent, and vivid in historical detail." THE NEW YORKTIMES BOOK REVIEW In the eleventh-century London, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hustling, juggling, peddling cures to the sick--and discovering the mystical ways of healing. It was on his travels that he found his own very real gift for healing--a gift that urged him on to become a doctor. So all consuming was his dream, that he made the perilous, unheard-of journey to Persia, to its Arab universities where he would undertake a transformation that would shape his destiny forever....

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    4.4

  2. Shaman

    • 519 pages
    • 19 hours of reading

    Listening Length 22 hours and 40 minutes Robert Jeremy Cole, the legendary doctor and hero of The Physician, left an enduring legacy. From the 11th century on, the eldest son in each generation of the Cole family has borne the same first name and middle initial and many of these men have followed the medical profession. A few have been blessed with their ancestor's diagnostic skill and the "sixth sense" they call The Gift, the ability to know instinctively when death is impending. The tragedy of Rob J.'s life is the deafness of his son, Robert Jefferson Cole, who is called Shaman by everyone who knows him. Shaman's life is difficult. First, he must learn to speak so that he can take his place in the hearing world, and then he must fight against the prejudices of a society where physical differences matter. As Shaman struggles to achieve his identity, the Coles, along with the rest of America, are drawn into the conflict between the North and the South.

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    4.2

  3. Choices

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    From the author of The Physician and Shamen, this is the final book in the trilogy. Set in the present, R.J. Cole has inherited the family gift. After a miscarriage and the death of her boyfriend, she embarks on a career in medicine. Her life changes when she is faced with a terrible dilemma.

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    3.5