The book "Encounter in the New York Subway " consists of 3 novels united with the same idea - exploration of human behavior in extreme situations. A young girl from wealthy Latvian family, who returns to occupied Riga from Switzerland towards the greatest tragedy of her whole life; a prisoner making an impossible attempt to escape from GULAG camp; an intelligent young man chosen to be "walking meat"; NY homeless, who can be miraculously rich trying to survive - all characters of the book inevitably step-by-step become victims and sufferers. Events develop with dynamism, capture attention and keep the reader intrigued up to the most unexpected finale. Main characters of this book were real persons met by the author.