Deadly Vision by T. D. Severin

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⭐️ Book Review: Deadly Vision by T.D. Severin

A medical thriller that had me holding my defibrillator (aka the book) like my life depended on it

Rating: 5/5 glowing arteries (*I received an ARC copy of this book. The opinions here are entirely my own.)

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📚 Spoiler Warning:

This review contains major plot spoilers, including the ending. If you're the kind of reader who likes to go in blind, now’s the time to fake a heart condition and click away. Otherwise—grab your SIS suit and dive in.

🔍 What’s Deadly Vision About?

It’s Grey’s Anatomy meets Mr. Robot meets House of Cards, but with more robots, more lasers, and way more body-counts-per-page. T.D. Severin delivers a blistering fast-paced medical thriller that unfolds over a mere 10 days (not counting the mic drop epilogue). You’re dropped into a world where heart disease meets virtual reality surgery, political corruption, assassins, and yes—haunted visions of dead brothers (cue the creepy music).

💉 Plot Summary: Buckle Up, We’re Going In…

🩸 Prologue:

Robert Chan sees dead people. (Literally.) He’s been spooked by shadows all his life—kuei-shen, phantoms trapped between worlds. When he finds sensitive files at work (he’s an engineer at CyberTech Systems), he goes into hiding. It’s going great until he gets shot at his front door.

👨‍⚕️ Enter: Dr. Taylor Abrahms

Our sleep-deprived medical hero with trauma baggage for days. After performing literal heart compressions with his hands (move over Grey’s Anatomy), he saves Chan’s life. But nothing about this shooting feels like a normal robbery…

🧠 The Virtual Heart Project (VHP)

Taylor is pioneering a breakthrough medical technology using virtual reality to perform heart surgeries. It’s incredible—and incredibly expensive. Naturally, politicians hate it.

🐍 Senator Randolph McIntyre

Republican senator, presidential hopeful, and all-around snake. Also? Taylor’s father-in-law. He’s secretly involved with CyberTech Systems and trying to kill the VHP before it gains traction. Because why save lives when you can gain power, right?

👨‍🔬 The Lab Life

Taylor’s right-hand man Malcomb is a coding genius with stage fright. Together, they work out bugs in their VR tech—which includes a Sensory Immersion Suit (SIS). But soon, Taylor starts seeing hallucinations in VR. Ghosts. Family members. Nightmare fuel. Something is very, very wrong.

😱 Real Life Is Worse Than VR

Turns out… the suit is rigged. There's a virus targeting the amygdala and causing terrifying hallucinations. And someone’s tampered with the code. Who? CyberTech Systems, of course. And they’re not just sabotaging—they’re killing.

💀 The Bodies Start Dropping

  • Dr. Crawford: Injected and framed on Dr. Abrahms.

  • Dr. Browne: Shot and also pinned on Dr. Abrahms.

  • Two pigs: Murdered mid-experiment. (RIP, Wilbur and Babe.)

🕵️‍♂️ Taylor Becomes a Fugitive

With multiple murders pinned on him, Taylor goes on the run with wife Sherilyn (who’s starting to believe him now). FBI is in hot pursuit. So is Ross—a creepy hitman with more identities than a VPN.

🧠 Let’s Talk About the Hallucinations

Taylor is haunted by visions of his dead brother Jacob. But thanks to actual science, we learn the suit’s feedback current to electrode 16 (which controls fear) was cranked up to 300%. So, you know, pretty standard lab bug.

🗝️ The Pazsword

Remember Robert Chan? Turns out he was a whistleblower all along. On his deathbed, he tries to write a clue: “pazsword.” (Which sounds like something my mom would say when she forgets the WiFi.) It’s eventually cracked: matthew1034—the Bible verse about the Sword of Peace. BAM. They're in.

🔫 Final Showdown(s)

  • Ross tries to assassinate Taylor. It fails, but leaves Ross disfigured. (Don't worry, he’s still alive and very angry.)

  • Preston, the jealous surgeon, is exposed for pig murder.

  • Sherilyn infiltrates her dad’s press conference while Taylor operates on his own dying father via VR suit.

  • Instead of smear videos, the press conference is hijacked by secret footage exposing CyberTech, McIntyre and O'Neil, both presidential candidates as part of a massive conspiracy.

🏁 The Ending

  • McIntyre is arrested.

  • CyberTech is exposed.

  • The VHP succeeds.

  • Taylor’s dad lives.

  • Taylor & Sherilyn are expecting a baby.

  • Malcomb is back in his hacker hoodie.

  • America delays its election due to mass corruption. (Can we borrow that plotline in real life?)

🧟‍♂️ Epilogue 2: THE VILLAIN LIVES

Ross, now disfigured and sulking in Acapulco, vows to return and kill Taylor. Cue: ominous villain music.

🔥 What I Loved (aka why this is a 5-star book)

  • The nonstop pace. Every chapter ends with a literal or emotional punch.

  • The plot twists. I predicted the happy ending (yay me), but not the path we’d take.

  • Medical realism + high-tech sci-fi = chef’s kiss.

  • The characters are nuanced, especially Taylor—flawed but determined.

  • The humor! For such a high-stakes plot, Severin still throws in enough sarcasm and banter to make you smirk between panic attacks.

⚠️ Trigger Warnings

  • Gun violence

  • Political corruption

  • Murder (including animals in medical testing)

  • Hallucinations

  • Suicide (past mention)

  • Medical trauma

  • Government surveillance

  • Disfigurement

💬 Final Thoughts

This book reminded me why I love thrillers—especially medical thrillers that go beyond the operating table. Deadly Vision takes sharp jabs at healthcare politics, tech monopolies, and election scandals—all while delivering genuine heart (pun intended). I’ll definitely be checking out whatever T.D. Severin writes next.

🛒 Grab Your Copy

🧠 Buy Deadly Vision by T.D. Severin on Amazon (affiliate link)

📚 If You Liked This, Try These Next:

  • Robin Cook’s Pandemic – Another fast-paced medical thriller with biotech drama.

  • Daniel Kalla’s The Last High – Pharma, fentanyl, and pulse-pounding tension.

  • Michael Crichton’s Prey – When science goes too far, and nanobots attack.

  • Karin Slaughter’s The Silent Wife – For readers who like their thrillers twisty and dark.

  • The House of God by Samuel Shem – A cult classic if you’re into dark hospital humor.

What did you think of Deadly Vision?
Did you guess the ending? Were you suspicious of Dr. Browne? Did you cry for the pigs??
Let’s discuss in the comments 👇👇👇

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