Hours before slamming his foot down on the accelerator and heading west, Danny hijacked 10 kilos of heroin from the Italians and killed a crooked FBI agent who was about to blow him away.

In one of the novel’s most harrowing scenes, Danny and his crew (including two mob soldiers nicknamed the “Altar Boys,” because they coyly boast that they serve their victims “Last Communion”) agree to an “everything-will-be-forgiven” deal with the Drug Enforcement Administration. This book moves the story on to LA where Danny Ryan is trying to rebuild his life with his son and estranged mother. It has none of the old charm, it’s chaotic, and it ends in fever dream confusion that makes no sense. Ryan who is now on the run from the FBI, the Mob, and the police as he tries to create a new life for himself in California. And whilst Peter Moretti may have won the war in Rhode Island, the loss of the drugs and tragic family events have the sharks circling around him.Después de leer este libro, tengo muchísimas ganas de leer la tercera parte que aún no está publicada, tengo el presentimiento de que será una traca final que nos dejará con la boca abierta. Danny is our Odysseus, and this leg of the journey takes him from New Hampshire to Southern California.

We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).Thanks to William Morrow, NetGalley and the author for the E-ARC in exchange for my honest feedback. Big mistake because this crew knows how to do only one thing to a business, break it down brick by brick and take all the assets. There’s a great deal of character development going on, something that Don Winslow is highly adept at crafting. This is a typical Winslow tome filled with a ton of characters--we still hear from a bunch of folks in Rhode Island--but the main focus is, of course, Danny and his new start.

It’s concoction of grit and glamour, and a main character torn by his conflicting desires and nature, is intoxicating in Winslow’s hands. There is danger coming, you can feel it building and this volume is merely the calm before the storm. You’d think he’d keep a low profile, but instead he makes a series of blunders such as investing in a particular movie and boffing a famous actress. Don Winslow is the author of nineteen acclaimed, award-winning, international bestsellers – including the No.

The denouement here was exciting and it sets the stage for the third and last book of Don Winslow's very last trilogy. What Winslow gets so right with this novel and this series and the pervasive sense of tragedy that overwhelms everything. I love that the book takes a bigger look at and expands on what were minor characters from the first novel as Danny makes this journey with the ragtag crew that he ran from Providence with. The characters are stronger– particularly the women– and readers are going to hunger to see the Vegas finale of this saga in the next one, “City in Ruins. Celia Moretti who hates her husband Peter is screwing Vinnie Calfo who will eventually become head of the crime family.