Trinities is a tale of evil. At its heart is the story of the apocalyptic final battle for control of the worlds multibillion-dollar heroin trade – a battle between Americas last generation of Sicilian mafiosi and the richest and most powerful Asian drug lords. Set against a vivid backdrop that reaches from the streets of Brooklyn and Chinatown to the bars and back rooms of Italy and the Orient, this is a stunning novel populated with characters who are in every way larger than life: opium warlords of the Shan highlands, aging Mafia dons who rarely emerge from their Staten Island compounds, soulless hit men and equally soulless yuppie financiers, and a lawman whos so far out of his league he doesnt even know it. And at its heart is Johnny Di Pietro, who after sixteen years of nickel-and-diming for the mob – running numbers and taking action; handling jukebox routes; dealing stolen guns, booze, and cars; working as purseman in two precincts; handling the Teamsters dirty paperwork; dispatching legbreakers – is annointed by his uncle Giuseppe to lead their kind, men of the old ways, back to their rightful place of power.

It is the final battle between Americas last generation of Sicilian Mafiosi and the worlds most ruthless Asian druglords. The prize is a $10 million heroin market. Caught in the middle is Johnny Di Pietro, a wiseguy who embarks on a journey that will take him from Brooklyn and Chinatown to the backrooms of Italy and the Orient and into the heart of evil.