Burbank, CA Author Publishes New Book

Sound of Mercy: A Paramedic's Story, a new book by Louis C. Farah, has been released by RoseDog Books.

As a firefighter/paramedic with nearly 35 years experience, Louis C. Farah tells the story of his career from a perspective that has rarely been revealed before. Sound of Mercy: A Paramedic's Story shows what it's really like to be in the trenches of emergency medical services. More than just an expose of what happens during medical emergencies, Farah calls upon his personal experiences to accurately describe the gut-wrenching emotions, internal fears, and heart-stopping moments that paramedics face on a daily basis. This story is not for the faint-of-heart, nor is it sugarcoated in any way. It is real life, presented without holding back any punches.

Farah's experience involves working three completely different paramedic careers at the same time. He works in a variety of rescue ambulances in a busy, mostly suburban county; in a dual-function capacity as a firefighter/paramedic assigned to either a rescue squad or a fire engine; and he dangles hundreds of feet and out of a helicopter performing daring rescues as a search-and-rescue flight paramedic.

Unlike the portrayal on television and in the movies, the life of a paramedic is not all glamour and heroism. The reality is that not everyone lives, and this is the reality that paramedics face every day as they are taken to their limits trying to save lives.

Sound of Mercy: A Paramedic's Story is a 162-page paperback with a retail price of $17.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-8793-8. It was published by RoseDog Books of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information or to request a review copy, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.rosedog.com/pressroom or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.