There's a Pill For That.

Join Stu Roy in a hilarious and eye-opening thirty-year expedition through the ever-evolving world of pharmaceutical sales at Plushaut Uclaf. From his first week, where he meets the wildly unpredictable Dr. Addicus, to navigating the eccentricities of colleagues like the relentless Bill Dooley, Stu quickly learns that the medical world is teeming with characters just as flawed and fascinating as any.

Stu's journey is a rollercoaster of laughter, lessons, and medical marvels. With a steadfast promise to quit when the job stops being fun, he tackles a whirlwind of professional challenges. From dealing with hard-partying salesmen and cutthroat competition to the increasing presence of women in the industry causing hilarious and awkward moments, Stu's path is anything but dull.

Supported by his ever-patient wife, Ana, Stu faces formidable doctors like the gruff Dr. Steuben and navigates the pressures from his formidable boss, Ben Hodge. The landscape shifts as the FDA becomes more stringent and the public's whims add a layer of unpredictability to marketing groundbreaking drugs. Amidst all these changes, two doctors challenge Stu's perspective, leading to moments of profound reflection.

As the pharmaceutical industry undergoes seismic shifts, Stu's journey offers a unique blend of humor, history, and heartfelt moments. Did he keep his vow and find joy in his career until the end? Dive into this witty and historical saga to find out, and prepare to judge for yourself the wisdom of his thirty-year adventure in the pharmaceutical world.

Banished from his beloved London in 1303, Gregory of Bordeaux heads to Gascony, the old wine duchy in southwest France, to wait out his expulsion. Far from idle, he is burdened with tasks that if completed, enable a triumphal return home, where his wife and infant twins await. Out into the hills he rides, the cities and castles, the vineyards and wastelands, each stop a step closer to the tidy merchant’s life he’d left behind. Smoldering among the writs and letters tucked in his satchel is an arrest warrant, one he must serve on an outlawed traitor to the king. Safe within the walls of his bleak stronghold, Alphonse of Bayonne—brooding over his mistakes and eaten through with tedium—must bide his time until a royal pardon, his last and doubtful hope for redemption, is granted. Gregory, who in exile sees a grand opportunity for his own ends, has other ideas.

The Gascony Letters, sequel to The Southampton Chronicle, is another stone-and-steel dash through the Middle Ages, another series of high escapades in a time when horses were fast, swords were sharp, and all roads led to peril. Joined by his former page, Warren of Lichfield, Gregory again resorts to his feared weapon of choice—a goose-feather quill dipped in poisonous ink—as he struggles to tilt the field in his favor.