The steam enveloping the streets of New York and the heavy stench seeping from the manhole covers are signs of another life beneath the city. The increasing number of mysterious disappearances on the streets leaves the police force and the homeless who have made the dark tunnels their home caught in the midst of a tense standoff. This blend of horror and science fiction by Douglas Cheek centers on the absolute darkness of the underground and the world of the homeless as it tracks the trail of mutant creatures hiding in the city’s lower levels. Far from the city’s lights, deep within the sewers, a nightmare born of nuclear waste is about to surface. A police detective and a photographer on the trail of a story search for the truth in this labyrinth teeming with far more than just sewer rats.