The Blood of the Land
Coming October 2026!
Set amid the ecologic devastation of Madagascar’s eastern highlands, where the rivers run red as blood when the rains come, Lewis K. Schrager’s second novel explores the costs of personal sacrifice, the search for belonging, and the courage to confront disaster without surrender.
"A gripping survey of medical, social, political, and personal intersections that places a medical team in the midst of an impossible situation they are tasked with remedying at all costs."
-D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
The Radical Radiance of the Fishing Fly
Available now! #1 Amazon/Literary Fiction Action & Adventure
When David Nichols reluctantly joins his cancer-survivor brother on a fly-fishing trip, he’s forced to navigate obsessions, passions, and an unexpected transformation in an unforgettable journey into Alaska’s wilds.
My Story
I am an author and playwright. I’ve published more than a dozen short stories in literary journals; two earned honors in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Contest. My plays, Levy’s Ghost, Shadow of the Valley, and Fourteen Days in July, have been produced in Baltimore, Maryland, and St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Radical Radiance of the Fishing Fly is my first published novel.
I am a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. I earned my Master’s in Writing (fiction concentration) from Johns Hopkins in 2003. In addition to my literary career, I have dedicated much of my professional life to
advancing global health, serving as an HIV/AIDS researcher at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and as a vaccine developer focused on tuberculosis prevention.
I live in North Bethesda, Maryland, with my wife, Frances Marshall.
praise forTHE RADICAL RADIANCE OF THE FISHING FLY
I'm a fisherman, and typically a quarter of the way through a book about fishing, I want to stop reading and go fishing. Schrager's devoted, passionate novel made me just keep reading, not go fishing.
RICHARD FORD