City In Ruins

Resumen del libro

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns two lavish hotels. Finally, Danny has it all: a beautiful house, a child he adores, a woman he might even fall in love with. Life is good. But then Danny reaches too far. When he tries to buy an old hotel on a prime piece of real estate with plans to build his dream resort, he triggers a war against Las Vegas power brokers, a powerful FBI agent bent on revenge and a rival casino owner with dark connections of his own. Danny thought he had buried his past, but now it reaches up to him from the grave to pull him down. Old enemies surface, and when they come for Danny they vow to take everything not only his empire, not just his life, but all that he holds dear, including his son. To save his life and everything he loves, Danny must become the ruthless fighter he once was and never wanted to be again. Ranging from the gritty back rooms of Providence, RI to the power corridors of Washington, DC and Wall Street to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, City in Ruins is an epic crime novel of love and hate, ambition and desperation, vengeance and compassion.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Don Winslowx{0026}lt;/strong es autor de veintiséis libros aclamados por la crítica y premiados internacionalmente, ocho de los cuales han alcanzado la lista de los más vendidos de x{0026}lt;em The New York Timesx{0026}lt;/em (x{0026}lt;em Salvajes, El rey de lo cool, El cártel, Corrupción policial, La frontera, Ciudad en llamas, Ciudad de los sueñosx{0026}lt;/em y Ciudad en x{0026}lt;em ruinasx{0026}lt;/em ). Su novela x{0026}lt;em Salvajes x{0026}lt;/em fue llevada al cine por el cineasta Oliver Stone, tres veces ganador del Óscar, a partir de un guion escrito en colaboración con Shane Salerno y el propio Winslow. x{0026}lt;em Código 101x{0026}lt;/em , basada en la novela corta de Winslow, incluida en el volumen x{0026}lt;em Rotosx{0026}lt;/em , se estrenará como película de Amazon en cines. Ha escrito, además, una serie de premiados relatos para Audible, narrados por el actor Ed Harris, cuatro veces nominado al Óscar, que han obtenido un gran éxito de crítica.x{0026}lt;/p