'Sapphires in the Rubble, ' the third of J.L. Caban's works, is a tale with relevance to a young man who, in spite of his father's explicit and unrelenting wishes, becomes a member of a Police Department located in New York. The reader will follow the protagonist, James Cardona, on his journey from a carefree young boy until his final days as a Police Officer, sharing with you his admiration, and detestation, for the organization that is tasked with providing its citizens with peace and harmony, notwithstanding the tumultuous relationship between themselves and the people in which they are sworn to serve. He learns, through his trials and tribulations throughout his tumultuous career, that the coveted Blue Fraternity is not quite what he suspected it would be, leading him down a winding path of uncertainty. In the midst of it all, he must deal with the incessant rebuking of his father who adamantly opposes his son's joining with an establishment whose very existence is the bane of his own. How will James manage it all? Does he have what it takes to make it as an Officer in the big city? Or will the Big Apple, as well as his father's despondency, ingurgitate him, leaving the young man no choice but to forsake his peregrination as an enforcer of the law?