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I have always enjoyed telling stories to my friends while growing up. I remember sitting behind PS125 in New York City on summer days and telling stories to Robert and Nelson that I would make up at the spur of the moment.
Later on in life as a parent I kept my kids and their friends entertained with my stories. I always put them as characters in my stories which added to the excitement. The stories could be funny or scary; depending on what they wanted to hear. It could be about monsters, wolves, dragons, etc. You name it I would invent it right there on the spot.
In 2010 I moved to Surprise Arizona, from Cheektowaga New York, and am looking to settling here and continue writing and telling my stories as long as I can.
It wasn't until I retired in 2008, as I was leaving the office for the last time, a good friend suggested I write a book. It stuck and I wrote my first book; The Heart of an Assassin in April of 2009. In 2010 I released my 2nd book the prequel to my first book; The Birth of an Assassin and in 2011 I released the sequel to my first book; The Legacy of the Assassin.
In 2012 I ventured into the macabre with; Hell Train.
I am currently working on two more books; Tragedy and Among Us. Looking to release The Tragedy Chronicles early in 2014 with Among Us following within the year.
Your comments (good or bad (keep it clean)) are always welcomed so please do not be shy. My email address is TBertot432@gmail.com
Best regards and thank you for reading my books.
Reviewed by Maria Victoria Beltran for Readers' Favorite
The Birth of an Assassin, a novel by Tony Bertot, is the story of how an innocent young boy grows up and ultimately becomes one of the most feared assassins in the USA. Sergio Gresco and his wife, Lucia, immigrated to the United States from Sicily in 1932, and opened a shop in Little Italy in Chicago. In 1942, the couple run a moderately successful business and get in trouble with the Italian mafia, who demands that they pay protection money. They have a young son, Theo, who roams around the neighborhood, clicking his camera at anyone who catches his fancy. The death of his father will transform Theo’s life and he will find himself in Sicily, at the age of 14, during the Second World War, with blood in his hands. He returns to America to seek revenge, but finds love instead. However, his violent past will catch up with him.
Tony Bertot’s The Birth of an Assassin is a story that happens during a violent time in the history of the world. From Italy to the United States of America, an Italian family is caught in the turmoil of the era when the Italian mafia is on the rise, the Second World War is a reality, and violence is a way of life. It chronicles the life of Theo from being an innocent child into becoming a cold-blooded assassin, due to circumstances out of his control. This novel is a prequel to the book, The Heart of an Assassin, and is part of the Assassin series. In a book full of doubts and deceptions, it is amazing how the author weaves together Theo’s story and the rise and fall of the Italian mafia families at that time. And it is a tribute to the author’s writing style that, as a reader, I find it easy to understand what drives this assassin to behave the way he does, in the merciless and violent world that he finds himself in.
