Operation Destiny is a historical fiction mystery novel set in the mid 1950s.

The main character is ambushed in an obscure public park on Lake Minnetonka in the peaceful community of Excelsior, Minnesota, which initiates an investigation that uncovers a world-wide conspiracy.

“Matt Kane lay face down in the muddy field, barely clinging to life…for some reason, he simply never considered the possibility that he might be the subject of a professional hit.”

As an investigative journalist, Matt Kane often pushed boundaries, a skill he learned as an Army Intelligence Officer in World War II.
He sought out the undetected and exposed what he saw for everyone to see. His curiosity and persistence nearly cost him his life.

Unbeknownst to him, the attempt on his life was only a small part of a conspiracy to reorder the world. But who was behind the treachery…and what role does he play in the operation?
Can it be stopped?

Donald J. Lloyd, PhD., FACMPE has been a noted healthcare leader and speaker on health care administration issues, managerial ethics, accountability, leadership and health care policy for almost four decades. He has also written extensively for various regional and national healthcare journals on these same topics, and has authored three health care related books.

Dr. Lloyd spent twenty-four years as a group practice executive with medical groups in California, Alabama and Tennessee, and ten years as a health care consultant to hospitals and medical groups throughout the country. During his career, he also served in many appointed and elected positions with local, state, regional and national Medical Group Management Association chapters, serving as the National President in 1996. He was accorded Distinguished Member status in 2005. In addition, he achieved Fellow status in the American College of Medical Practice Executives in 1979.

In addition position his position as a part-time Associate Professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia, Dr. Lloyd has been an Adjunct Instructor for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Preceptor for the University of Minnesota Independent Study Master’s Degree Program, and part-time Instructor in the School of Public & International Affairs at University of Georgia. He has also held Director positions for an offshore medical malpractice insurance company, two physician-owned Independent Practice Associations, and a Health Maintenance Organization.