Antonio Grimaldi is fraught with desperation. He has only two choices:
steal the most valuable Ferrari ever made and spend the rest of his life
in prison, or have his wife and seven year old son killed by a
vindictive assassin.
The story begins with the priceless Ferrari GTO prototype being
delivered to Genoa by two valued members of Enzo Ferrari's inner circle,
Antonio Grimaldi and Giancarlo Bandini. The GTO will be placed inside a
watertight container aboard the SS Andrea Doria, for shipment to
Chinetti Motors, a Ferrari dealership in New York City. But the Italian
ocean liner sinks near Nantucket in the North Atlantic in July of 1956.
Three generations later, Tommy Grimaldi's best friend, Mike Bender,
decides to spend his inheritance attempting to salvage the GTO. When
Tommy learns that the name of the person who delivered the GTO to Genoa
was also a "Grimaldi", he and his good friend, Rebecca Ricci, research
Tommy's heritage. Not only do they learn the shocking truth about
Antonio, they also uncover a deadly scheme involving Mike.
GTO is an amazing story about courage and the ability to turn adversity
into a meaningful and productive life. It is about being strong in the
face of a devastating injustice and doing the right thing, no matter how
compelling the circumstances are to do otherwise.