The Sanctuary of Smith
Mercy Has a PriceBy Jerrell Baines
Length4h 57m
About this audiobook
At Smith Medical Center, healing has never been only about medicine.
Samuel Smith enters a world of impossible decisions, frightened families, exhausted caregivers, and patients carrying burdens no medical chart can explain. As he learns what it truly means to care for another human being, he discovers that compassion can demand sacrifice—and that mercy often carries a price.
Guided by unexpected mentors and surrounded by ordinary people whose quiet acts of kindness leave extraordinary marks, Samuel begins to understand that the greatest legacy a physician can leave may have nothing to do with the lives he saves in an operating room.
**Mercy Has a Price** is the first book in *The Sanctuary of Smith*, an emotional and uplifting story about medicine, faith, leadership, friendship, sacrifice, and the extraordinary power of treating every person as though their life matters.
Because sometimes the smallest act of mercy can change a life forever.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Action and Adventure
Length4 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1 — The Janitor's Promise
3Chapter 2 — Closed Doors
4Chapter 3 — One More Try
5Chapter 4 — The Empty Building
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6Chapter 5 — A Name Worth Knowing
7Chapter 6 — The Men Around the Table
8Chapter 7 — The Price of a Dream
9Chapter 8 — The First Brick
10Chapter 9 — An Offer
11Chapter 10 — Permission
12Chapter 11 — Emily Smith
13Chapter 12 — The Oath
14Chapter 13 — The Inspector
15Chapter 14 — The Developer
16Chapter 15 — Broken Windows
17Chapter 16 — Before the Doors Opened
18Chapter 17 — The First White Coat
19Chapter 18 — The Nurse's Promise
20Chapter 19 — The Night That Changed Everything
21Chapter 20 — No Questions Asked
22Chapter 21 — Empty Waiting Rooms
23Chapter 22 — Pressure
24Chapter 23 — The Line Outside
25Chapter 24 — An Unexpected Ally
26Chapter 25 — The Hearing
27Chapter 26 — The Gift
28Chapter 27 — The Administrator
29Chapter 28 — The Price of Mercy
30Chapter 29 — The Contract
31Chapter 30 — Opening Day
32Chapter 31 — The Man in the Back Seat
33Chapter 32 — A Debt That Cannot Be Bought
34Chapter 33 — The Promise of Silence
35Chapter 34 — Questions Without Answers
36Chapter 35 — Under the Microscope
37Chapter 36 — The Offer
38Chapter 37 — Empty Shelves
39Chapter 38 — The Call No One Wanted to Make
40Chapter 39 — Shadows of Doubt
41Chapter 40 — The Streets Around Mercy
42Chapter 41 — The Neighborhood Meeting
43Chapter 42 — Two Visions
44Chapter 43 — A Name in the Ledger
45Chapter 44 — The Longest Night
46Chapter 45 — Before the Council
47Chapter 46 — The Woman Who Remembered
48Chapter 47 — Mercy Before Judgment
49Chapter 48 — The Choice
50Chapter 49 — For Samuel, Later
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