*Beneath his casually sadistic exterior lurks the soul of a pit bull. Frankie Dio dwells in the dark underbelly of mob violence, a Capone family hireling more at ease with the arson, torture, and gangland slayings of the past than today's brand of political intrigue and computer theft. But Dio's day is dawning... Ryan Delvecchio must use every once of cunning to stay alive -- and to keep Dio from stealing the skull and crossbones of the Black Terror for his own. *Source: back cover.