Publisher's Synopsis
*Warning: Extreme, graphic violence.
The Kill - Book One
The son of the most ruthless mafia boss in eastern Canada is killed, and the father wants revenge. Darwin Kostas is a law-abiding Canadian, a writer with a new bride and a long list of phobias. His fear of the dark keeps him inside after the sun goes down. He also has an irrational fear of sharp and pointed objects. His fear manifests itself as an out-of-control rage when confronted with a knife or a needle.
He's also the man who accidentally killed the heir to the Fuccini syndicate.
When the newlyweds honeymoon in Rome, a mafia hit team follows. They keep waving things at Darwin--pointy things, like knives. And he can't control himself when that happens, accidentally killing their men. The mafia now believes Darwin is a trained killer hired to take them out, so they declare war on the neurotic novelist.
Darwin returns to Toronto, but the hits keep coming. The FBI closes in, and a local biker gang offers Darwin their help, all while Darwin just wants to be left alone with a light on.
The Blade - Book Two
The safe house where Darwin and Rosina live is attacked. Five FBI agents are dead. Darwin Kostas had nowhere to turn. There was no one he could trust. Darwin's phobias cause him great stress, and now the media call him The Blade, even though he can't stand the sight of knives. The FBI is hunting him. The Gambino family, violent mobsters associated with Italy's La Cosa Nostra, want to know whom he works for before they execute him. Darwin just wants to be left alone with his new wife so they can begin a domestic life, but that is not possible, with so many people wanting him dead.
With evidence piling up against him, a crazed, half-blind FBI agent on his tail, and a relentless mobster planning Darwin's violent end, his life is the only thing he has left to lose. Meanwhile, the Russian mafia is moving into new territory in Toronto. They want to know who this Darwin guy is and why he is still breathing. When they show up to take possession of his body, Darwin has one surprise left for the mobsters before he dies.
The Scythe - Book Three
In book one, the Italian mafia goes after the wrong man and pays for it. In book two, the Gambino family commits the same mistake. In book three, the Russian mafia has different plans.
They want to take over Toronto, a large territory previously thought too big for one family. But Darwin and his wife stand in the way. The Russians intend to execute Darwin as a peace offering to the Italians. First, they must catch him; using his wife as bait is not enough. While the Russians attempt to organize a meeting of rival families where Darwin will be terminated, something the Italians tried twice and failed, Darwin realizes he's on his own. With the FBI unable to help and his wife in the hands of the enemy, Darwin decides the only way to win this war is to kill them all. Darwin fights the Russians in the biggest mafia war Toronto has ever seen in The Scythe, book three of the Mafia Trilogy, the final installment.
