Shadow Zone — Jack Douglas

Operation Underground

In the fifth terrifying installment of Jack Douglas's six-part Quake, the survivors are forced to seek shelter from the devastation -- in the pitch-black tunnels beneath the city. . .

Before the earthquake destroyed New York City, the subway system provided fast, easy transport for every urban commuter. But now -- buried beneath tons of concrete, rubble, and steel -- the tunnels offer a very different kind of ride. Rats, sewage, and live electrical wires criss-cross the underground maze like a deadly web hungryfor new victims. Rotting corpses lay side by side in subway cars like dead-eyed fish. But for U.S. Attorney Nick Dykstra and a small band of survivors, the tunnels are the only route to safety -- and their one last chance to get out of this alive. For Nick, the stakes are even higher. He's got to find his daughter at Columbia University -- before a crazed escaped terrorist finds her first. . ..

This is about more than survival. It's about revenge. And only one man will be left standing -- after the QUAKE.

17,000 Words