The Sicilian Tempest

Twenty-four hours after the execution of Enzo Bellini at the Palazzo Gangi, an apocalyptic autumn tempest descended upon the Tyrrhenian Sea. Dark, bruised thunderheads rolled across the Mediterranean from the north, unleashing gale-force winds that whipped the sea into forty-foot swells crashing with cataclysmic fury against the towering limestone sea cliffs of Castellammare del Golfo. Thunder cracked like artillery across the sky, and torrential rain washed over the sandstone ramparts…