title: City on the Edge of Darkness
author: Slavick, Steven
description: Terrance Fogg struggles to win the love of his life with a tenacity that rivals his ambition to become one of the most powerful bankers in the country. He attains one of these goals. But his success has an unintended side effect, one that kills over 300 people and leaves 100,000 more homeless while triggering the most calamitous natural disaster of the nineteenth century, the Great Chicago Fire.
  Steven Slavick is the author of eight novels. He lives in the Chicago suburbs and is currently at work on a new novel. His website is www.stevenslavick.com