World War Mob Author:Vito Delsante he year is 1945. Benito Mussolini is no longer the self proclaimed ?Emperor of Italy.? He is instead leader of a puppet government (the Italian Social Republic), installed by Hitler himself. Charles ?Lucky? Luciano, head of organized crime in America, wants him taken down. Permanently. No one rises to power in Italy without either crossing or al... more »lying with La Cosa Nostra...and Mussolini had crossed them. Five men, all members of different crime families, all US soldiers, undertake a clandestine mission: for crimes against the Mafia, Mussolini must be killed. Capt. Vincenzo Di Greco is a well-decorated soldier, having seen more than a few theaters of war. Back in the States, however, he?s an underboss for the Luciano family. During a stop in Sicily, Di Greco is met by Meyer Lansky, Luciano?s right-hand man, who delivers an envelope containing four names: Pvt. Giuseppe (Joe) Lombardi - 32nd Infantry Division/soldier for the Colombo crime family. Pvt. Mike Ricci - 25th Armored Division/soldier for the Luccese crime family. Cpl. Victor Santi - 561st Field Artillery Battalion/hitman for the Gambino crime family. Pvt. Dante Esposito - 13th Airborne Division/caporegime for the Bonanno crime family. Also, a ?mission.? The Five Families have spoken. For his crimes against their people (particularly, the execution of a made man and his family when he took power), Luciano has put a hit on Benito Mussolini, and the other bosses have agreed. The five mobster/soldiers may have orders, but they also have a history: Santi killed Lombardi?s brother in a sanctioned hit; Ricci and Esposito were in love with the same girl before the war; etc. They have to overcome this bad blood, the Nazis and the men loyal to Mussolini and go behind the Army brass? backs to do it. It?s a suicide mission... ...but so is every mission.« less