The Shadow Strike

The war came to a bloody climax twenty-four hours later. Sal Rossi, knowing his execution had been authorized by the Five Families council, gathered forty loyal mercenaries in a desperate, suicidal bid to eliminate Lorenzo before the Don could strike. At sunset, outside the historic Fulton Fish Market on the East River, Sal’s men ambushed Lorenzo’s four-car convoy. Two delivery trucks slammed into the front and rear of the motorcade,…