So, in the beginning, Angelo lives with his father, mother, and little brother. His best friend is named Corteo. His father is a member of a mafia family. That night, a member of the mafia family, Vincent Vanetti, goes to the mansion with some other masked men. He admits that he murdered their down and they murder Angelo's family, exclusing him as he manages to escape. They burn down the house and Angelo leaves town. 

Seven years later, he has changes his name to Avilio. He receives a letter from an unknown source claiming to be from a friend of his father, offering to help get revenge of the Vanetti Family (Who Vincent is the don of). This causes him to return to town and search for his old friend, Corteo. As it is during prohabition, Corteo is making illegal booze to pay for college. Avilio manages to convince him to sell to the Vanetti family to get close to them and enact his revenge. 

There is another mafia family, the Orco family, that has a new reckless member named Fango. At the bar, where Corteo and Avilio are trying  to sell the beer to the Vanetti family, Fango makes an appearance and starts trying to kill Nero, the oldest son of Vincent. They all manage to escape safely and they begin selling to the Vanetti Family. 

At the Vanetti Family, Fio Vanetti, the oldest daughter of Vincent, is marrying Ronald Galassia to secure a relationship between the two families. Ronald's a jerk, and no one really likes him besides Frate, the youngest son of Vincent. The Vanetti family kills Serpente, a member of the Orco family, and Avilio murders Nero's best friend (as he was also there when his family was murdered.) He manages to blame this on the Orco family. These murders causes even more tension between the two families, so Avilio and Nero go on a kind of "Road Trip" to hide for a while. A man is sent to assassinate them, but he is killed himself with them left unharmed. They plan to go back to the Vanetti Family, but there it is revealed that Frate and Ronald were actually trying to kill them to obtain peace between the families. This causes Nero, Avilio, and a few others to flee to protect themselves. Fango is also hiding as Orco agreed to kill him as well.