Book 8, Chapter 28 Summary

Michael and Nick ended 1961 in a perfect stalemate. They had each attacked the other, and both men thought they got away with it. They were both wrong, and for the moment, they still need each other alive. Nick Geraci's shaking problem, still undiagnosed, manifested itself the day Michael told him he was the new Boss. His men are used to it by now, and they don't comment as they drive together to what will be their new CIA sponsored training site. We learn more about the former Bocchicchio hostage, Carmine Marino, godson to Sicily's legendary Don Indelicato, and a born leader.

Five years in America and Marino's running a crew of men for Nick. The training site turns out to be a swampy tract of land Nick had originally bought on the cheap for Fredo's Colma East project. They meet two...