V. Kusske
Description
Joseph Michael Creed is a young foot patrolman in a small western US city in the 1970's which is trying to emerge from its unrestrained, lawless past.
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He walks a downtown beat and becomes familiar with the street, its people, and the street action, which includes old secret tunnels dug under the city by the Chinese many years ago. Crime on the street keeps Officer Creed busy and he soon realizes corruption is also occurring at the highest levels of city and county governments. Karter Truman, the county prosecutor, is implicated in corruption when he refuses to prosecute a murderer.
What can a lone beat cop do amongst all the fraud, exploitation and extortion perpetrated by the mob working with local government leaders?
Connecting with a local FBI agent, Officer Creed and his partner, Jim Sorenson, join a task force that includes a US Attorney, a special projects FBI agent, an FBI electronics technician, four former Vietnam veterans skilled in tunnel warfare called Tunnel Rats, an FBI SWAT team, and a Catholic priest. The Fight for Yakima, as the media dubbed the deadly events, begins with a grand jury investigation and the issuance of forty-eight felony warrants resulting in an explosive gun battle between the two forces. After regrouping, the conflict explodes again in an area landmark that gets the attention of the world-wide media.
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