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Omerta- the Sicilian code of silence- has been the cornerstone of the Mafias sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills- omerta carried the Mafia through a hundred years of change- but now at the centurys end it is becoming a relic from a bygone age. Honour may be silent - but money talks. New York - a mob boss is assassinated. His nephew Astorre Viola and the head of the citys FBI both launch investigations into the murder. But this time silence spreads like a contagion: the silence of rival gangs- the silence of crooked bankers- even the silence of the courts. The world of the Mafia is riven with greed- and Viola knows that now is the time to claim his destiny......