Crime fiction fans will eagerly await the sequel.” - Publishers Weekly “Winslow’s epic slow-burner, full of richly layered characters and tender personal struggles, bubbles to an intricate, exciting climax. Plenty of pain for the characters, plenty of thrills for the reader.” - Kirkus Reviews “A blistering novel filled with anger and bite. Now it is up to him to step into the breach to protect his family, the friends who are closer to him than brothers, and the only home he’s ever known.Įxploring classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, honor, and corruption on both sides of the law, City on Fire is a contemporary Iliad from Don Winslow, “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Jon Land, Providence Journal). But when a modern-day Helen of Troy triggers a war between rival mob factions, Danny is embroiled in a conflict he can’t escape.
He yearns for something more and dreams of starting over fresh, someplace far away. Twenty-nine-year-old Danny Ryan is a hard-working longshoreman, loving husband, loyal friend, and occasional “muscle” for the Irish crime syndicate that oversees much of the city. The first novel in an epic crime saga about the Irish and Italian crime syndicates in America during the 1980s and 1990s.
With a beautiful movie star who has a dark past of her own.Īs their worlds collide in an explosion that could destroy them both, Danny Ryan has to fight for his life in a city where dreams are born.įrom the shores of Rhode Island to the deserts of California where bodies disappear, from the power corridors of Washington where the real criminals operate to the fabled movie studios of Hollywood where the real money is made, City of Dreams is a sweeping saga of family, love, revenge, survival and the fierce reality behind the dream.īUY "CITY OF DREAMS" ON AMAZON BUY "CITY OF DREAMS" ON BARNES & NOBLE BUY "CITY OF DREAMS" ON APPLE BUY "CITY OF DREAMS" ON INDIEBOUND With his little boy, his elderly father and the tattered remnants of his loyal crew of soldiers, he makes the classic American migration to California to start a new life.īut the Feds track him down and want Danny to do them a favor that could make him a fortune or kill him.Īnd when Hollywood starts shooting a film based on his former life, Danny demands a piece of the action and begins to rebuild his criminal empire. The Mafia, the cops, the FBI all want him dead or in prison. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime war, Danny Ryan is now on the run. Following the epic, ambitious, instant New York Times bestseller City on Fire, “The Godfather for our generation” (Adrian McKinty), comes the dramatic second novel in an epic crime trilogy from Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel and The Border).
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