✦ Tito Lugo MD · Author ✦
Novels
Kindle · Digital · Paperback in English
✦ Tito Lugo MD · Author ✦
Kindle · Digital · Paperback in English
A novel that intertwines the lives of a retired surgeon and a mythical sea creature — the Aquamistic — against the backdrop of a tsunami-ravaged island. The surgeon forms a deep bond with the creature, marked by mutual respect and symbolized through music. As the story progresses, a growing threat from poachers leads to a crucial fight for survival, uniting a diverse community in a collective mission. A profound reflection on humanity's relationship with the natural world.
A science fiction novel spanning three centuries. A man awakens from cryogenic sleep to find a radically transformed world — advanced technologies, climate catastrophe, and the discovery that his preserved semen was used to create descendants. Meanwhile, a key figure in interplanetary commerce confronts the mystery of missing resources. A thought-provoking exploration of longevity, scientific progress, and the timeless quest for connection.
A young archaeologist obsessed with Ancient Egypt leads an expedition to the Valley of the Kings, uncovering a hidden chamber with artifacts from an unknown elder brother of Tutankhamun. His life becomes deeply intertwined with the historical events of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, revealing profound personal connections between himself and his subject of study. A fascinating blend of historical fiction, mystery, and adventure.
A disillusioned European AI specialist arrives on a Caribbean island expecting paradise and finds instead a world slowed by extreme heat, inefficiency, and inertia. There he meets a business analyst entangled in uncovering deep-rooted corruption. Their search for meaning becomes a high-stakes pursuit of truth in a society where justice seems increasingly elusive. A novel that challenges perceptions of paradise and progress.
A young woman's life of online fame collapses into a brutal murder in a seedy motel. Two investigators untangle the complex web surrounding her death, diving into the underbelly of a society where the digital and the real disastrously collide. A poignant critique of lives led online, identities crafted in the glow of screens, and the profound impacts of the digital on the personal. A gripping psychological thriller.
In a world where inanimate objects begin to speak, a solitary writer's life transforms when his furniture, appliances, and clothing decide to express their feelings. These strange dialogues lead him to question how we interact with the world around us. A deep reflection on solitude, interconnection, and the humanity impregnated in the material. An invitation to find beauty and meaning in the most unexpected corners of existence.
A young man in the vibrant 1960s discovers himself between personal awakening and rock music. From his first love affairs to the creation of a band that captures the energy of a generation seeking freedom, Travos faces each challenge with an indomitable spirit. His story reflects the dreams and disillusions of adolescence, adorned with the emblematic sounds of a golden era of music. An evocative journey through youth.
Inside a neonatal intensive care unit in South America, nurse Amarilis Cintrón — marked by a traumatic past — struggles daily with a twisted vision of mercy. Inexplicable deaths among the most vulnerable newborns trigger an exhaustive investigation. A psychological thriller about pain, redemption, and justice in the complex moral landscape of medicine. A narrative that keeps readers on edge until the disturbing truth emerges.
A young dreamer with boundless imagination finds adventure in every corner of daily life. From grocery store helper to newspaper delivery boy to aspiring musician, Pirulo transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. A novel written with nostalgia and tenderness, showing how every experience — no matter how simple — holds life lessons and unforgettable moments. True magic resides in seeing the world with curious eyes and an open heart.
Agent Darío Rivera faces an unexpected turn when he confronts a murderous smuggler of newborns. The disappearance of "Panchito," a ten-day-old baby, unleashes a dark investigation into organ trafficking. A fallen doctor operates in the shadows with surgical skill. A narrative of somber atmosphere that explores human nature and the limits of morality. Between the medical world and organized crime, nothing is what it seems.
Lucas Presagios carries within him the gift of precognition. Haunted by visions of what is to come, he seeks to master this power with the guidance of his grandmother and an ancient family book. Set in vibrant Spain, a plot full of mystery, suspense, and intense emotions. What would you do if you could see the future — but could not always change it?
With the richness of magical realism in the style of Saramago, the novel follows Simpronio's chaotic high school years through his arduous path in university and medical school. His inner dilemmas, his passion for chemistry, mathematics, and medicine. A mirror of the struggles and dreams of many — about the importance of perseverance and the love of knowledge. A story shaped by the culture and spirit of Puerto Rico.
A trilogy narrating the lives of Pirulo, Travos, and Simpronio from 1954 to 1979, deeply rooted in the culture of Puerto Rico. Pirulo, born with a musical gift, faces poverty with resilience. Travos becomes involved in student movements in the 1960s. Simpronio inherits and reconciles the legacy of his predecessors. A chronicle of self-discovery, cultural heritage, and the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Prudencio Sanjurjo, an unrecognized literary genius, makes a fateful pact with a sinister figure — trading his soul for the promise of literary immortality. As he navigates newfound fame, he must confront the cost of his bargain and its impact on his estranged wife and family. A story of love, sacrifice, and the true value of success. A testament to the enduring power of words and the human spirit.
A powerful multi-generational saga set in Puerto Rico during the early 20th century. Young Providencia, born into a world of hurricanes and rural hardships, carries the weight of her family through loss and survival. Told through vivid magical realism, the novel captures Puerto Rican folklore and history, offering a poignant tale of family, identity, and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter. A tribute to the resilience of women.
An allegorical novel set on a Caribbean island in political turmoil. An aging rat named Simon embarks on a final quest to reunite with his long-lost siblings, while observing a human society spiraling into corruption and environmental collapse. As the rats navigate the island's decaying streets, the novel delves into themes of diaspora, survival, and the thin line between hope and resignation. A powerful meditation on resilience in the ruins of power.
At the edge of a forgotten abyss, where time murmurs secrets to the wind, stands La Sombra — a town where mountains guard their mysteries with claws of stone. A tale of broken souls trapped between an unyielding past and the persistent whisper of what should never have been unearthed. Silences have voices, and darkness takes forms that defy the light. A haunting journey into the deepest recesses of guilt and the yearning for redemption.
What happens when life strips you of what you love most? A man confronts the aftermath of tragedy — the devastating loss of his wife and daughter at the hands of a drunk driver. What begins with humor and small everyday reflections transforms into an emotional journey through grief, guilt, and the struggle to rebuild. Through his obsession with the infinite mystery of pi, the story explores the fragility of existence and the desperate search for meaning amidst chaos.
The femicide of Claudia Ríos shakes a community trapped in helplessness and grief. Her killer is acquitted through legal technicalities — but from beyond the grave, Claudia refuses to be silenced and begins to torment her aggressor. An intense thriller blending courtroom drama, social critique, and supernatural suspense. A harrowing cry for justice that transcends the boundaries of life and death, questioning how far truth can be buried.
An ant born with a shorter leg — marked by rejection from the start, yet destined to change the lives of those around her. Leading a diverse contingent including a wounded bee, a coquí frog, a young owl, and a grateful snake, Marie Antoinette proves that courage, compassion, and unity can overcome any difference. Filled with lessons for children and adults alike, this fable celebrates the importance of every being in the great cycle of life.
Old age is not just a number; it is a frontier, a territory where memory wears away like old paper. In a nursing home turned farewell port, an old man watches his own story unfold like a faded photo album. With sharp humor — sometimes cruel but always lucid — he navigates memories of love, nostalgia for his children, and the loneliness that settles in like an uninvited guest. A novel that reminds us the final act always catches us off guard.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Fernando Medrano's fate seems sealed — until a centuries-old family scapular awakens visions of forgotten temples and cryptic whispers in ancient languages. As his health defies medical logic, his search leads from the historic streets of Spain to the shadowed depths of the South American jungle. A gripping blend of historical mystery, supernatural intrigue, and psychological suspense about faith, fate, and the inescapable echoes of the past.
Javier was just a child when diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma — a terminal brain tumor with no cure. His parents, refusing to accept fate's cruel sentence, embarked on a desperate search for a breakthrough, leading them to a team developing an experimental mRNA vaccine. A powerful story about hope, science, and the relentless fight against the impossible. Inspired by real scientific advancements at the intersection of cutting-edge medicine and human love.
What if death was optional? Dr. Adam Keller has dedicated his life to immortality research, creating a serum that defies time through biotechnology and the study of a jellyfish capable of reversing its own age. But his discovery is too valuable to remain in his hands. When Adam becomes his own experiment, he learns that immortality comes at a profound cost. A novel of science and conspiracy that explores the limits of life and what it truly means to be human.
He wrote thirteen acceptance speeches for awards he never received. Not for lack of talent, but for an excess of invisibility. A man born into struggle who finds in words his only way to exist. Each speech is a shattered mirror of a misread childhood, unrecognized art, and love that arrived too late. A fierce, moving novel about those who live outside the spotlight — who, despite everything, keep writing as if someone were listening.
The story of Simon Echevarria, a child with severe autism who, against all odds, deciphers one of the most complex enigmas in biomedicine: the anticipatory correction of cancer at the cellular level. He doesn't utter a word until age eight. At sixteen he develops an AI capable of teaching the immune system to detect genetic errors before they become tumors. At nineteen he receives the Nobel Prize in Medicine. He says nothing. An elegy for those who, from inaccessible worlds, offer miracles the world never knew how to thank.
A red tricycle. A homemade rag doll. A tree swing swaying under a Caribbean sun. Through the character of Pirulo — a spirited, wide-eyed kid — the writer brings to life a world where sidewalks, rooftops, and backyards become stages for wonder, rebellion, and discovery. From marbles to bottle caps, kites to rag dolls, each chapter captures the raw poetry of growing up with little but feeling like you had everything. A moving reminder that the first games we play often teach us the most.
A quiet tremor splits a coastal neighborhood from the mainland. No sirens. No alerts. Just one morning, the ground is gone. Now floating at sea, over 3,000 people must navigate a new reality without power, water, or help. Amid rising desperation, a mosaic of everyday heroes must face a brutal truth: survival is not just about enduring, it's about redefining what it means to belong. A haunting, timely novel of collapse and resilience — an unflinching portrait of a world that forgets you.
A razor-sharp exploration of how misguided certainty shapes societies, silences reason, and fuels the loudest voices in the room. Mothers raise children with fear instead of freedom; senators celebrate obedience over truth; influencers mistake noise for wisdom. Through vivid portraits of people convinced of their righteousness, this book crafts an unflinching mirror to our times. Provocative, unsettling, and darkly illuminating. If you think you already know who the "brutes" are — this book will make you think again.
She was a queen without love, a mother without power, a foreigner among knives. Catherine de' Medici crossed the Alps as a child and never again slept in peace. Denied affection, loyalty, and the throne — but not time. She waited. She learned. Four centuries later, an exhumation breaks the silence. What did they seal with silver nails? La Piccola Regina does not recount a life. It awakens a specter. It reminds the living that some dead refuse to obey oblivion.
A flawless machine. A dead patient. A silence too perfect to ignore. Geneva's Saint-Henri Hospital unveils ETREUS, the first fully autonomous surgical robot. The procedure is precise. The audience applauds. But Dr. Sofia Velazquez senses something isn't right. Then a patient dies. The machine insists it followed protocol. As Sofia investigates, she uncovers a chilling pattern buried beneath the data. A taut, philosophical thriller about trust, technology, and the cost of perfection.
In cities where stone remembers and silence outlasts centuries, two lives cross like threads meant to meet only once. Mauricio Benali — a Moroccan textile merchant — and Isabella Morelli — a gifted seamstress from cave-city Matera — find a love too dangerous to last. From the souks of Morocco to the sun-bleached stones of southern Italy and France, a sweeping novel of forbidden passion, exile, and the quiet rebellions of the heart. Some stories are stitched into history. Some are torn away.
Ten real stories. Ten wounds and ten miracles. In every verse of the Our Father, lives intertwine — broken, yet touched by grace. From sterile hospital halls to the stillness of morgues, through endless nights and aching memories, this book unveils the quiet miracles of everyday life. Faith doesn't always descend from heaven — it often enters through a trembling hand, a silent defeat, or the hum of an operating room. Here, the prayer is not just recited. It is lived.
A decades-old death. A hidden crime. A machine that refuses to look away. In a near future shaped by real forensic science and emerging AI, ORION-9 reopens a case ruled a natural death nearly forty years earlier. A microscopic anomaly reveals what no human technology could detect: a carefully concealed murder. As the truth resurfaces, ORION-9 confronts a question no algorithm was designed to answer: should every truth be revealed, no matter the cost?
Dagoberto Mastropiero reviews denied medical claims — his task is to explain why certain treatments will not be covered. When his daughter is diagnosed with cancer, he discovers that the same system now governs her time through authorizations, delays, and refusals. Cornered between medical urgency and the logic of profit, Dagoberto identifies a narrow fracture within the system and acts. Not a loud crime, but a quiet and perfect one. A novel about fatherhood, illness, and power.
No ghost inhabits the Castle of Estoi. What dwells there is a way of loving that learned how to be silent. A man arrives following a journey he did not entirely choose — brought by a woman who is no longer here, awaited by a garden that remembers without explaining. Ines and the Viscount left not a complete story, but a silent fidelity. A notebook that does not wish to be read. A love that did not ask to be consummated. Because there are loves that do not ask to be told. Only to be recognized.
A quiet, devastating novel about what remains after history has finished breaking everything it touches. Set against the erased margins of war, displacement, and institutional cruelty, it listens — to kitchens before the rupture, to children taught too early not to ask, to adults who choose responsibility where none was demanded. With spare, luminous prose, the novel explores a radical idea: that mercy can exist without power, and that fatherhood can be an act of defiance. Deeply human and ethically haunting.
Some lives are evaluated before they are witnessed. Labeled, predicted, managed — long before they are allowed to unfold. This novel follows a child whose body does not fit the expectations imposed upon it, and the system that quietly decides what endurance should look like. Within the controlled language of medicine — where neutrality masks consequence — the novel reveals how value is assigned without consent. This is not a story about overcoming odds. It is a story about remaining.
When historian Julian Ferrer Valls travels to a remote island to verify a civil record, he expects to correct an administrative error. The document is clear: Esteban Roca Salvatierra died minutes after birth in 1954. Yet everything that followed proves otherwise — a lifetime of achievements, a marriage, children, publications, decades of documented existence. As Julian investigates, he enters a world where archives fail, memory resists verification, and time obeys a different order. A philosophical literary novel about identity, memory, and the fragile boundary between what is recorded and what is real.