[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: Prohibition era, New York City. The underworld organization "Camorra" has an important ceremony coming up in a few days. A couple of thieves have just arrived at Grand Central Station. Three Mafia brothers are in a bit of trouble. The thug boy is pissed off with the reality that he is not getting his way. The lieutenant, who is loyal to his duty, feels annoyed with them. And the alchemist's ambition has not yet been satisfied after 20...
This book is really well written.
The scene transitions are just excellent. For example: the character we follow passes another character from the cast on the road at the end of a scene. Then we follow the new character in the next scene. This gives the whole book a movie-like feeling, where there is constantly something going on on screen.
Something else I also really appreciated about it is that the story starts from page 1. There is no "well, gotta get through the first third somehow befor