New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, a gritty, realistic novel set in the 'lost world' of New York City's toughest streets, one which focuses on the evolving relationship between journalist Alex Shaw and Leonardo Ruis, a young thug struggling for survival in a world of drugs, danger and decadence. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-312023014.