The Machine Builder
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In the 1960s, Montbray, Missouri, is a Cold War powerhouse flush with defense industry gold. This massive wealth attracts Frank O'Neal, a ruthless Chicago kingmaker, and Vito Scarpone, a mobster seeking new territory. At the center of their schemes is a charismatic but struggling city councilman whose career is fading.
Frank offers to transform him into the next Mayor, building a political machine from the ground up to control the city's vast resources.
Pushed by his ambitious wife, Kay, the councilman accepts the deal. With her family’s wealth and Frank’s tactical brilliance, he begins a climb toward absolute power. As the lines between government and organized crime vanish, he must navigate a landscape of corruption where defense contracts are the ultimate currency. To become a leader so formidable that even the President takes notice, he must master a city where money flows like water and every favor has a deadly price.
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