Rivers of Mourning: A dark medical mystery on the rainforest frontier

Rivers of Mourning follows Dr. Ciaran Kavanagh as he escapes a tragic past and joins a remote abbey hospital on the edge of an impenetrable rainforest. Between overflowing rivers, fragile communities, and the relentless demands of infectious disease work, secrets and grief surface among patients ...

Elena Voss is the author of Rivers of Mourning, a medical-literary novel set in a rainforest mission hospital and naval medical centers. This book examines grief, disaster response, and the moral complexities of caregiving through interwoven perspectives of doctors and caregivers.