The Operational Reliability Series · Book I · Available

The Weakest Link

A Story About the Systems We Never See

Cover of The Weakest Link by Stephen Deason

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.”
For anyone needing elder help and careAvid Reader, Amazon customer review, October 4, 2026
“The book pulls the curtain back on how everything can be done correctly, but leave gaps through which patients can fall leading to disaster.”
Must have Resource for navigating complex elder careCynthia Ferris, Amazon customer review, Kindle edition, October 9, 2026

Read the full reviews at OPA Home Care