An Animal Life: A Chance to Cut (Series Book 2) by Howard Krum

BOOK 2 IN THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES Outrunning a broken childhood, Mike London is the vet schools top-dog senior student cruising toward graduation and a coveted internship when a flash of bravado with a blade nearly costs a vital service dog its life. The fatal near miss sends Mike into a tailspin threatening the lives of whales, sea turtles, and first-year students as he wrestles with his boyhood torment and a surgeon hell-bent on seeing him fail. A Chance to Cut is Mikes only chance to heal. In this true-to-life story of heartache and humor, Howard Krum explores the difference between you and me through the guiding principle of modern veterinary medicine: all animals (including people) are more alike than different - we all need love to heal that broken part inside.