In a post-9/11 setting of rampant public and private corruption, a meet suburban schoolteacher one day awakens to realize that, one by one, his family has been devoured by society--and in the process, his own self-respect. Mentally snapping from alcoholic binges and self-pity, he rashly accepts gutter politics and the law of the jungle as proper ways to even the score.
Yet, despite the enormity of this complex character's descent from middle class respectability to back-alley infamy, it must be weighed against the alternative--victory for a host of malevolent adversaries, eager to complete their unholy work--to teach this rebellious teacher what revenge in their domain is really all about!
" "The Hardscrabble Zone" ...weaves today's headlines into the best of crime fiction. A most entertaining, thought provoking read!"