Many Rivers to Cross Author:Thomas Zigal Hurricane Katrina has already blasted through and the rain has stopped, but contaminated floodwaters are rising in the streets of New Orleans - and rising fast. Seen through the eyes of the Grant family, separated and battling both man and nature in their most dangerous incarnations, Thomas Zigal's gripping novel brings to life the brutal realit... more »y of a city that has descended into chaos and violence. Hodge Grant, a Vietnam vet, must navigate the treacherous waters of a submerged landscape in his homemade boat. Aided by a reluctant Duval, the father of his grandchildren, Hodge is on a desperate mission to rescue his stranded daughter Deidre and her two young children. As the fetid water laps at the hatch of the Gentilly attic where Deidre and the children huddle, Hodge's son PJ and eight thousand other inmates remain locked in the Orleans Parish jail. Abandoned by the guards, they must smash through the bars of their cells -- or drown.« less