Based on true events, Ron Ruthfield's novel The Capital Underground (Raz Partner, $21.95) is a glimpse into the chilling life of Ari Hirsch, who at 69 years old remains incognito somewhere in America. Twenty years after his disappearance into the U.S. Federal Witness Protection Program, Aristotle Einshtein Hirsch is summoned -- coerced might be a better word -- by a Presidential Task Force to emerge. Ari's already complicated world is suddenly turned upside down when he is faced with a painful choice: participate in a monumental case involving national security, or risk his very own freedom. It includes a whirlwind investigation and international trial that might lead to the discovery of a potentially gigantic cache of riches in one of the world's most secret tax havens. Written about a former Internal Revenue Service Special Agent, attorney and CPA, the episodes in this novel stretch from the Florida Keys to the Black Hills of South Dakota; from the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia. 2pm