Blood Covenant: The Michael Franzese Story

by Michael Franzese

MP3 CD Format A sworn member of the Colombo crime family in New York City, Michael Franzese was considered the biggest moneymaker in the mob since Al Capone. At age 35, he was number eighteen on Fortune magazine's list of the fifty most wealthy and powerful Mafia bosses in America. But then he did the unthinkable. He quit the mob. Franzese met Camille Garcia, who turned his world upside down with her innocent beauty. He fell in love with her, married her, and began a new life that didn't include the Mafia. Nobody of Franzese's rank ever just walked away from the mob and lived to tell about it. But Franzese has somehow managed to avoid the grave after he turned his back on the past. But what made him leave the lavish lifestyle of the Mafia? And how has he escaped what should have been sure death after he quit the mob? Now, in one of the most fascinating books ever written about today's Mafia, Michael Franzese reveals the answers to the many mysteries surrounding his incredible life. Walk the streets with him and find out how and why he has done what no one else managed to do--and live. Journey with him through a life defined by two blood covenants... ...The first bound him to the mob. The second set him free.

1 pages, Audio CD

Published March 1, 2021

About the author

Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s.

By the age of 35, in 1986, Fortune Magazine listed Franzese as number 18 on its list of the "Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses". Franzese had claimed that at the height of his career, he was making up to $8 million per week. In 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges, released in 1989, rearrested in 1991 for a parole violation, and ultimately released in 1994. Soon after, he retired to California and is now a motivational speaker and writer.

Reviews

[Laura Roden · Rating 1 out of 5]

Grrr, total marketing fraud: read the blurbs and the back cover and you think you'll learn something about the mob, and how he got out of it. NOT SO. This book is entirely about his being "born again" as a Christian. In fact, the last few chapters are just nonstop proselytizing.
I have no problem with the fact that he is fervent in his beliefs but it's disgraceful that he or his team are "conning" people like me to buy the book using entirely false promotion.

[Curtis Cardoza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. If you like Mafia Non Fiction... This is a great read. Right up there with Underboss by Sammy Gravano

[Michelle Dodd · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got 100 pages into it and it was okay… I started getting lost with all the names of different associates and the story just couldn’t keep my interest.

[Sherrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting and informative book.