The Neighborhood (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798227772527)

"The Neighborhood" unfolds in Baltimore's Little Italy, where childhood friends Frank Solveti and Gino Colombo, both Vietnam War veterans, return to a community in decline. Crime and economic decay have begun to eat away at the close-knit neighborhood they once knew, and the brutal murder of local baker Carlo Vicaro becomes the breaking point.

When the police dismiss the murder as just another casualty in a deteriorating city, Frank and Gino decide to take justice into their own hands. What begins as a quest for vengeance soon reveals a darker truth: Carlo's murder is linked to a powerful drug gang connected to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel, aiming to seize control of the neighborhood's drug trade and extortion rackets.

Frank and Gino launch a campaign of vigilante justice, burning down a gang hideout and waging a relentless war to reclaim their streets. They enlist the help of Salvatore, a local with his own reasons to fight. As the stakes rise, the trio finds themselves in over their heads, seeking help from Carlo's brother, who has ties to the New York mob.

Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a formidable enemy, Frank, Gino and Sal must navigate a treacherous web of crime, loyalty, and betrayal. With their community's survival on the line, they are determined to preserve the integrity of Little Italy at any cost.