M.D.: Masters of Deceit: Story of a Medical Debacle is designed to expose the seamy underbelly of medical malpractice. This book centers on the plight of a young couple, Gianni and Hope, and is told from the perspective of Hope"s mother. While Gianni is a successful restaurateur, Hope has an active floral business. Together with Hope"s son, Cameron, the couple has built a loving, enjoyable life for themselves. And yet all that will change when Gianni goes in for gastric bypass surgery and, in the wake of the procedure, an array of avoidable complications crop up. This is thanks, in large part, to the careless and diabolical Dr. Judas Botchmann, whose apt name only reiterates his incompetence. As Gianni hangs in the balance between life and death, Hope and her family are left to wait, pray, and hope against hope that he will recover.