*** 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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I had a hard time getting into this book.
Extremely original and very interesting.
This was an unusual book with an interest plot. I loved the main characters and the villains were hard core. I would recommend this book.
I found this book to be closterfobic yet I could not put it down. If u like suspense, this one is for you.
Good read, although it does seem to drag a bit as the protagonist runs, and runs, and runs……..and runs and runs and runs. The book has some interesting plot lines based on fact, but the entire story has a shallow feel to me. The ending is pretty abrupt, but the point is to end things and have you buy the next book anyway. Well written and …
Interesting concept – a billionaire who suddenly became agoraphorbic and couldn’t live in the outside world. He finds an enchanting underground world in the subway system underground and lives in a Victorian mansion. A relative of Tesla – no less. With his super intuitive canine companion, he navigates his world and solves mysteries to boot. It …
market-tuned & formulaic
Really interesting setting and story line.
I couldn’t put this book down.
I really enjoyed this book. It kept my interest and I found myself looking forward to seeing what happened next.
Great read, I’m waiting for the follow up!
I really enjoyed the book. Very different storyline.
Surpringly entertaining. No idea what would happen next. Love Einstien! Joe was a great character. May read more of this author
Great reading lots of action
This was a good read!
Ever heard of a train platform under the Waldorf Astoria used by FDR ? This novel starts here where evidence of a rogue virus is suppressed. Joe Tesla suffers from agoraphobia and spends a lot of time underground in the subway tunnels under New York City. Joe becomes involved in trying to unravel the mystery of the virus. An excitIng read located …
Original ideas well articulated. The story was interesting, with enough action to keep me involved. The details are accurate, and I learned some new information.
I was sorry to find it was first of a series, because it ended without complete resolution.
Different
Joe Tesla is a great character. Has all the money and amazing tech skills but has to find a way around his weakness. The tunnels of NYC are a facinating world and if you are a dog lover you will love Edison.
Disappointing; couldn’t get into it before I gave up! She’s written a whole lot of better novels but this one wasn’t one of them!