Mayor Roland Fortune is at his birthday celebration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, when suddenly an explosion takes place, then another and another. Over a thousand people are killed including his girlfriend and the mayor is one of the many injured. Now Police Commissioner Gina Carbone must track down the perpetrators of the crime before more people are injured or killed. The first priority is to put the island on lockdown and no time is wasted in shutting the bridges.
Gina Carbone has a secret jail, hit list and secret squad, who immediately pick up known suspects and question them. As Homeland Security and other Federal authorities fail to help it's up to the Carbone and Mayor Fortune to get things done and no one or their constitutional protections will stop them from catching those responsible for the attacks on their city.
MANHATTAN LOCKDOWN is action packed from the start. The search for the bad guys leads one woman to do bad things for the right reasons. I really enjoy the fact that Paul Batista deals with the power of the police, and the justification for the Police Commissioner's actions. You are able to get a look at both the negative and positive effects for her actions. The desire to protect those you are responsible for sometimes comes at a cost, especially when you are responsible for a whole city.
A birthday party on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon on the roof garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the guest of honor, Roland Fortune, mayor of New York City.
Suddenly multiple explosions rock the entire building. This is not an accident, not a gas leak, but a heinous act of terrorism. Among the injured is the mayor himself, and although he survives, but the woman he loves does not. Ultimately the death toll exceeds 1700 people. And the terrorism does not stop there. As the cityβs other iconic sites are targeted, the mayor throws Manhattan into lockdown.
In the chaos that ensues, law enforcement groups converge on New York City. The FBI, Homeland Security, the Armed Forces, even the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President, come to the aid of the New York City Police Department.
Amidst this massive joint effort, only New York City Police Commissioner Gina Carbone is closing in on the terrorists. Her tactics well outside legal bounds, her cell operating in total secrecy, Gina takes vigilantism to a new level. Will her extremely aggressive actions succeedβor plunge the city into further catastrophe?
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