A native of Italy, who came to the United States with a few dollars in his pocket, Gino Santangelo becomes a multimillionaire, the owner of fashionable hotels, and the king of the gambling business. Money paves his way into high society, provides unimaginable comfort, makes the most seductive women available... Lucky, the beautiful daughter of Gino Santangelo, becomes the heiress and energetic continuer of his father’s business. The second volume of the novel covers the events that unfold in post-war America, where the mafia is increasing its power empire.