*** Winner of International Thriller Writers’s Best Ebook Original Novel award! ***
In this USA Today bestselling book, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Cantrell drops you into a vast, dark world: 100 miles of living, breathing, tunnels that is the New York City underground. This subterranean labyrinth inhales three million bustling commuters every day. And every day, … every day, it breathes them all out again… except for one.
Software millionaire Joe Tesla is set to ring the bell on Wall Street the morning his company goes public. On what should be the brightest day in his life, he is instead struck with severe agoraphobia. The sudden dread of the outside is so debilitating, he can’t leave his hotel at Grand Central Terminal, except to go underground. Bad luck for Joe, because in the tunnels lurk corpses and murderers, an underground Victorian mansion and a mysterious bricked-up 1940s presidential train car. Joe and his service dog, Edison, find themselves pursued by villains and police alike, their only salvation now is to unearth the mystery that started it all, a deadly, contagious madness on the brink of escaping The World Beneath.
Praise for The World Beneath:
“Cantrell’s THE WORLD BENEATH simply blew me away: exciting, visceral, inventive, illuminating. The main character, Joe Tesla, is as charming as he is resourceful. He’s an agoraphobic trapped within the dark bowels of New York City who must face a threat to the bright world above him. Full of tantalizing true secrets of that subterranean world, matched with a breakneck pacing of a shocking thriller, here is a novel that shines a light on the beauty and horror hidden just out of sight beneath the world’s greatest city. So grab a flashlight and get ready an adventure like no other.” – James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Eye of God
“The World Beneath is a unique, non-stop action thriller…Cantrell creates a deadly – yet also cozy – underworld beneath the streets of Manhattan, where trapped hero Joe Tesla and his dog Edison battle evil below our feet for the fate of mankind. The author grabs you on the first page and drags you into the dark depths for a wild subway ride that races to a fatal finish and leaves you breathless and begging for more.” – Kieran Crowley, New York Times bestselling author of HACK, A Shepherd Novel.
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Very surprised by this book . Made the NYC Subways and tunnels a night-marish landscape .
Loved the dog and his relationship with his owner.
The World Beneath (Joe Tesla #1) was a good read by Rebecca Cantrell. This book takes place in the tunnels of New York City. Joe Tesla is a software millionaire who is set to ring the bell on Wall Street when his company goes public. But instead he is struck with severe agoraphobia and cant leave his hotel at Grand Central Terminal, unless it is …
Joe Tesla can not go outside. No, he is not a vampire. He has a medical condition that will shut down his mental functions if he leaves the “safety” of being inside. Joe Tesla is also a genius, a computer wiz.
The story is about scientist who discover a way to break down the mental ability to fear. A soldier who does not know fear will take …
Love how this author writes!
Great series. Couldn’t put it down.
not as interesting as the first book
interesting story, engaging characters and visuals,
Very interesting underground setting. Likeable lead character. Villain and his project was a bit of a stretch, still an enjoyable read.
Different but very interesting. Enjoyed reading it.
Really enjoyed the story and characters!
Believable, likeable characters in a easy-to-read page-turner!
My review from 5 star review Apple Books:
I have a list of books to rate, and this is one of the rare novels I felt deserved an immediate review. It’s just that wonderful!
I couldn’t put down. Outstanding writing! Drama, intrigue, characters you love, hate and just simply amazing. I appreciate the follow-up from the author, separating facts …
Now this was a riveting book and found it fascinating, also couldn’t put it down. Definitely a winner and worth reading.
While researching tunnels for my next Painter Mann novel, I came across this novel by Rebecca Cantrell
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A great entertaining thriller with originality, surprising twists and turns that kept me reading late at night many nights and right up to the last page. I recommend this book.
A secret world beneath our feet. I have read stories about the goings-on in the NY City subways but none as detailed or as imaginative as in this book. This is the first in a series but can stand alone if you don’t want to continue, no cliff hanger. But, you will want to read the rest. I do so much so that I bought the collection and I am as …
Could not get into this book, I read 2 chapters and gave up.
Really enjoyed this book, the plot is so unusual that it was hard to put down
Great plot twists