“This is a very visual novel and the attention to detail is so rich that I could smell the dirty water dogs from the NYC street vendors. Bravo!” ~Romeo Tirone, Director of True Blood, Dexter, and Red Widow “Daniel O’Connor’s Sons of the Pope reveals an interesting new talent with a snappy style. This is someone’s career to watch.” ~Andrew Neiderman, Author of The Devil’s Advocate and several … several V.C. Andrews novels
“A rich, epic chronicle of murder, the mob, and miracles…” ~ Kevin O’Brien, NY Times Bestselling Author
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In Brooklyn, before the murders, before the miracle, before the 1940s were gone forever, there was a tree. If only they let that tree alone.
If that sycamore tree had been allowed to stand, then maybe Biaggio Falcone never would have been the head of the Campigotto crime family. Perhaps little Joey Salerno would not have been born like that.
Joey’s father, Sal – just home from World War II – probably would never have gotten involved with the New York underworld, and his wife Mary wouldn’t have spent her entire life caring for an eternal child.
There may have been no reason, four decades later, for that desperate pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. And no need for anyone to call upon the one known only as The Diabolist.
Experience the richness of a story that spans half a century. Love and
hatred. Devotion and betrayal. Murder and miracles.
If only they let that tree alone.
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Author develops characters in the first half of the book only to make it read like a history lesson to get to the end. It is like he just threw stuff in at the end to make it last longer.
Just ok
nothing
Predictable as hell. Weird story twist. Loved how Rico finally got it, though.
I liked the story but it was kinda sad. I usually like for the good guy to persevere and come out on top. This might have been a little too realistic for me
Awful, boring, a waste of time.
“nice” book. Well written. Look at a families life. However, kept expecting more but never got it.