A contemporary look at the spiritual journey of a doctor named Luke that thoughtfully brings the Gospel physician into our 21stcentury world If you have no cause worth dying for do you have a reason to live While sorting through family papers following his fathers massive stroke Dr Luke Tayspill Yale Medical Schools top infectious disease specialist stumbles across a manuscript written decades earlier by his beloved grandfather The book bears an ominous title The Deaths of Lukas Tayspillnot death but deaths A closer inspection reveals that the book is about three characters with the same name The first two Lucas Tayspills were 19th century Quakers who suffered martyrs deaths The third storyset in the futureends abruptly with the arrival of a Dr Lucas Tayspill in a plagueridden war torn African land Was his grandfather foretelling Lukes own life storyand prophesying his death Luke sets out on a deeply personal journey to Sierra Leone But his pilgrimage to understand death leads to a powerful and unexpected encounter with the essence of life Will Luke fulfill his grandfathers vision