The Interceptor

An aspiring film director bludgeoned to death and found in the tunnels under Fourteenth Street . . . A sly real estate mogul with a four-billion-dollar deal at stake . . . A ruthless candidate for mayor in a heated election year . . . And a lone civil engineer who uncovers a secret that could rock the lives of seven million New Yorkers. . . . A former chief borough engineer Richard Herschlag weaves an explosive fast-moving thriller played out against the glamour and grime of Manhattan--and the dark intricate world that pulses deep beneath the cold concrete. While helping two homicide detectives with a murder investigation Chief Borough Engineer Jon Kessler unwittingly discovers a massive environmental disaster brewing below the Big Apple--driving him into the midst of seamy corruption hardball politics cold-blooded murder and a shady cover-up as dirty as the sewers themselves. For Kessler time is running out. To expose the most horrifying deception in the citys history. And to save his own life. . . .