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 city's history. And to save his own life. . . .

Richard Herschlag was born and raised in New York City. A graduate of Princeton University with a degree in engineering, he has worked as an engineer for the city of New York for ten years, with the Parks Department, the Department of Sanitation, and the Manhattan Borough President's Office as well as for the prestigious consulting firm of Syska & Hennessy. After leaving the city's employ, he has worked on his own, doing freelance consulting and building inspections.

He and his wife, Sue, have a five-year-old daughter, Rachel.