The Operational Reliability Series · Book I · Available
The Weakest Link
A Story About the Systems We Never See

A systems novel
Book details
- Series
- The Operational Reliability Series · Book I
- Author
- Stephen Deason
- Publisher
- Alder Creek Editions
- Publication date
- August 31, 2026
- Kindle eBook
- ISBN 979-8-952410-00-8
- Kindle eBook price
- $4.99
- Paperback
- ISBN 979-8-952410-02-2
- Paperback price
- $14.99
By Stephen Deason. Margaret Lawson’s healthcare crisis unfolds through a chain of reasonable decisions and unowned handoffs. The story is followed by The Interpretation and a Resource Guide that names where information gets compressed, what a family can ask, and how care can keep from slipping through the gaps.
For families and providers managing complex care.
Available from Amazon and IngramSpark.
Margaret Lawson’s crisis begins with a sequence of ordinary clinical decisions.
The Interpretation follows the novel and revisits the places where her family is asked to piece the story together.
A Resource Guide adds a care-coordination grid and questions for common transitions.
The edition is available as a Kindle eBook for $4.99 or paperback for $14.99.
Reader reviews
What readers are saying
“Now I know why and more importantly, how to navigate.”
“The book pulls the curtain back on how everything can be done correctly, but leave gaps through which patients can fall leading to disaster.”
