Drone Strike

An Anthony Provati Thriller

A U.S. drone strike in Iraq kills Karim’s family, collateral damage, ISIL exploits his rage, recruiting him for a sarin nerve-agent attack on New York, and only night club pianist, Anthony Provati, can stop him. Drone Strike, takes you on a fast-paced adventure across the Mediterranean, into Mexico, finally arriving in New York. Drone Strike explores the psychological realities that seduce Karim to commit an act of terror, includes a love story between Moslem Karim and Miriam, a Christian woman he defends in Turkey – bonds of love that undo them both, and highlights the plight of Middle Eastern and Central American refugees.

Appointment with ISIL

An Anthony Provati Thriller

Appointment with ISIL, an Anthony Provati Thriller. This time, Anthony’s libido threatens his life. He flirts with Russian mob boss, Gorgon Malakhov’s mistress. The Russian deals in death. ISIL, the Islamic State in the Levant, wants the product. Russian Intelligence supplies the means, and an art theft funds the scheme. ISIL’s targets are chilling. The chase across the Mediterranean is on. Can Anthony thwart ISIL? Will he survive?

“A roller-coaster ride to the finish, this book confirms Giordano as a writer to eagerly watch.” —Kirkus Reviews Featured Review

“Appointment with ISIL is a home run by Giordano. PRIMO highly recommends.” —Five Stars. Truby Chiaviello, Editor, PRIMO magazine

Birds of Passage

An Italian Immigrant Coming of Age Story

What turns the gentle mean and the mean brutal? The thirst for wealth? The demand for respect? Vying for a woman? Birds of Passage recalls the Italian immigration experience at the turn of the twentieth-century when New York’s streets were paved with violence and disappointment.

Leonardo Robustelli leaves Naples in 1905 to seek his fortune. Carlo Mazzi committed murder and escaped. Azzura Medina is an American of Italian parents. She’s ambitious but strictly controlled by her mother. Leonardo and Carlo vie for her affection.

Azzura, Leonardo, and Carlo confront con men, Tammany Hall politicians, the longshoreman’s union, Camorra clans, Black Hand extortion, and the Tombs prison.