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Final Bell
(2026)(The eighth book in the Blood Ties: Rise of the Mafia series)
A novel by Chris Thorndycroft
Prize fighter Mark "Sledge" Hammerton has spent the last year throwing punches for Brooklyn mob boss Frankie Yale and making money for everyone but himself. But when Yale orders him to throw a fight, Sledge refuses. With nothing left but his pride, he flees back to his home from home; Harlem.
The trouble is, the mob doesn't like losing investments.
Determined to drag Sledge back, or bury him, Yale unleashes his most ruthless enforcer. Al Capone. Joining forces with Lucky Lucania, a rising star of the Lower East Side, Capone tears through Manhattan's streets in pursuit of the runaway boxer. When he finds him, he offers him a proposal instead of a bullet. A black heavyweight against a white challenger. A fight that could draw thousands and make a fortune.
But New York in the summer of 1919 is a city on the edge. As racial tensions erupt across America in what will become known as 'Red Summer', the proposed bout threatens to ignite passions far beyond the ring.
Final Bell is a 19,000-word novella that continues the story of the American Mafia from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century.
Genre: Historical
The trouble is, the mob doesn't like losing investments.
Determined to drag Sledge back, or bury him, Yale unleashes his most ruthless enforcer. Al Capone. Joining forces with Lucky Lucania, a rising star of the Lower East Side, Capone tears through Manhattan's streets in pursuit of the runaway boxer. When he finds him, he offers him a proposal instead of a bullet. A black heavyweight against a white challenger. A fight that could draw thousands and make a fortune.
But New York in the summer of 1919 is a city on the edge. As racial tensions erupt across America in what will become known as 'Red Summer', the proposed bout threatens to ignite passions far beyond the ring.
Final Bell is a 19,000-word novella that continues the story of the American Mafia from its humble beginnings in the early 20th century.
Genre: Historical