"The Gods visit the sins of the father upon the children"
Euripides.
The Brotherhood was formed by Carlo Borelli, Marco Danetti (Dane), Carter Maxson, Thomas DiAmico, Jerome Allen, and Savino Christos. Murder, drugs, and torture have been just a normal day for as long as they can all remember.
Once Marco Danetti (Dane) was named head of the organization, he decided to take the whole oepration and make it legit. He names Derrick Hunter, Jerome's nephew, as his successor and together they plan to turn a multi-billion dollar crime organization and turn it into a legit corporation. There's only one hold out - Carter Maxson.
Carter by far is the most ruthless of them all. He knew the others would vote in Dane. He was hoping Dane would named Adrian, Dane's only biological son, as his successor. Carter knew Adrian would have appointed him to a higher position. He had married his daughter, Reese, off to Adrian to secure is position.
By appointing Derrick, Dane had unleashed the worst in Carter. No one was safe not even his own children.
The Brotherhood and the Satan's Daughters series tell the story of Carter's reign of terror.