Michael joins forces with Pat and Jesus, neighborhood guys looking for an easy way out of the minimum wage rut they are stuck in. Together they back Vic into a corner where one last heist seems the only way out. The Opportunists was conceived on the streets of New York City's outer boroughs where ethnic niches prevail much as they did at the turn of the century. Irish-born Myles Connell, who has lived in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, during most of his ten years in America, has always been fascinated by the tightly knit sectors where one can still find generations of families residing in the same building. He wanted to write a story about average people, about the innately good citizens we all know who occasionally do something destructive.
Life goes on, and it's hard.