For three decades, Raymond Patriarca ruled New England’s organized crime with an iron fist from Providence, Rhode Island. But after his era ended, the glory days for Rhode Island gangsters reluctantly faded. Boston wise guys encroached on the territory of The Atwells Avenue crew. Mob members throughout the tiny state scrambled to maintain power – their ordained right. Answering to Boston was disrespectful. And the five families in New York declined to interfere. Risks were taken, mistakes made, weaknesses exposed. This is the fictional story of even more sinister forces arriving to prey on the crumbling empire. An international crime organization sends a professional burglary team, headed by a brilliant and confident seductress willing to break any rule. She conceals her true intentions. The local gangsters are no pushovers. The stakes are sky-high. The final chapter decides who will win.
