In SHARED BLOOD, his brilliant premiere novel, David Erasmus McDonald tells the modern day story of Adam Giroux, a young Charleston-born physician recently transplanted to Vancouver, BC, and Roi Kirkland, a mysterious sculptor lately arrived in the Pacific Northwest from Great Britain.With a passion for language and a rare gift of storytelling, the author traces the history that places Adam and Roi in each other’s lives, hearts—and beds. The story examines the beginnings and histor...

“The Heart of the Witch” is a tapestry woven with words, a collection of poems that celebrate the diverse aspects of witchcraft, from the enchanting rituals under the moonlit sky to the profound connections with nature and the unseen realms. Each verse is crafted with reverence, love, and a deep understanding of the power that lies within the witch's heart.Through the medium of poetry, I aim to evoke emotions, awaken the senses, and ignite the magick that resides w...

Author Dr. David McDonald explores the reason, the anticipation, and the hope of Advent. Discover the real meaning behind this liturgical season. Dream once again about the life you want and the ways you can cooperate with God to begin living that life now. With a helpful, practical study guide at the end of each section, this book can help you use the Advent season to deepen your spiritual life.

Most people have heard that following Christ ought to be life changing. But even Christians know that life often feels too hard, even purposeless, and God seems too distant. It's time we understood just how embedded we are with God, so that we can live free from guilt over past sins, free from spiritual failure resulting from ignoring God, and free from loneliness and spiritual isolation.

If you're not starting with the patient you're starting in the wrong place. The value of a patient-centered approach to healthcare design and strategy is clear, yet many healthcare professionals lack a fundamental understanding of the principles that foster stakeholder understanding important to better outcomes, clinically and economically. In this book, David McDonald shares insights imperative to illuminating patient realities and designing impactful patient experiences. Without the conc...

You feel like there's a God-given dream in your heart, but you can't figure out how it fits into your life as a Christian.You're tired of feeling like you have to stay in the box, follow a certain path, or fit the status quo to serve God.You want more...out of life, out of faith, and for this world. How can you integrate all of who you are with God's plan for the world?Heirs of Eden is a book about your dreams, your work, and your creative potential that wi...

Strap yourself in as three tales from award winning speculative fiction author David McDonald take you on a tour of time and space. Visit a frozen post apocalyptic Earth, a galactic delivery service, and very Australian dystopia to discover what happens to ordinary people faced with extraordinary choices or challenges.Cold ComfortIce spiders, snow bears and deadly cold are only most obvious of the dangers a young trader faces as she searches for the secrets of the Elders on ...

The Number One Bestseller______________For over thirty years, David McDonald worked in Ireland's biggest prisons. This is his story.As a young officer, McDonald got a baptism of fire in Mountjoy. In 1989 it was a chaotic, pungent and overcrowded place, and the approach to keeping order was primitive.Returning to his hometown two years later, he entered Portlaoise Prison, which - due to the presence of IRA and other subversive...

Happiness is not something you achieve once and for all. Happiness is a muscle, a skill, a way of being that can and must be exercised. If you neglect your happiness, unhappiness will re-absorb you. You'll have fatty tissue in the underarms of your joy.We are happy because of what we do and because of who we are becoming. Happiness is available to us, increasingly, as we shift from lives of passivity to activity; from thinking to doing; and from defending to iterating (what we do)....

SHADOWRUNNERS OF ALL KINDS…Shadowrunners don’t live only in the shadows. Sometimes, they break into the light. In Sixth World Snapshots, get a glimpse of shadowrunner lives from all over the Sixth World.Watch a senior citizen shadowrunner punish a corporation for its greed—and get paid at the same time. Root for your favorite contestant in a glitzy cooking contest held in the wild and wooly Barrens. Follow a detective as he becomes prey for the wild hunt. F...

There is an old saying- we are only as sick as our secrets. Some of us are more sicker than others.A suburban "soccer mom" fighting addiction. A soldier, scarred by the horror of war. Two very different lives, brought together by an act of betrayal, and then torn apart by a deadly secret. Soon all that stands between the American dream and a nuclear nightmare are a woman's gifts. They are gifts she must give away, in order to save us all.From the deadly streets of Kabul, to...

One thing is common in all of these interactions: we have no idea what sex is, or the power it wields, or the consequences of its misuse, or even the promise sex makes about our spirituality. Sex is everywhere, and because of that, the Church needs to do a better job of framing sexuality in the right way. Because were sexually stupid. Which is why Im writing Eat Your Heart Out, to help us understand whats at risk, and whats actually been promised, so that we can live the lives God has destine...