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An excerpt from Mars Hospital: A Doctor's Novel. "Patient's ready. This one will be interesting," Sally said with a smirk. "Mom brought her nineteen-year-old son in, and she says he's the devil." I rolled my eyes. Terrific. I entered the…

An excerpt from Mars Hospital: A Doctor’s Novel.

“Patient’s ready. This one will be interesting,” Sally said with a smirk. “Mom brought her nineteen-year-old son in, and she says he’s the devil.” I rolled my eyes.

Terrific. I entered the room with trepidation and saw the patient sitting quietly on the exam table. He had bright yellow hair fluffed up and was wearing a Metallica t-shirt, all of which made him look …

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From mental illness to maximum sentence