by Don Winslow
First published 2019
Art Keller has spent four decades fighting America's drug war. He destroyed Adán Barrera, the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, but victory came at a terrible cost. Thirty new cartels now flood the streets with heroin, and Barrera's legacy devastates both Mexico and America. Keller rises to the top ranks of the DEA, only to discover that the new administration works with the very traffickers he hunts. Politicians want him gone. Cartel members want him dead. The war moves from Mexican deserts to Wall Street boardrooms, from Guatemalan slums to Washington power corridors. Keller faces a new generation of drug lords while street dealers, addicts, and desperate children fleeing violence get caught in the crossfire. Money launderers and real estate moguls enable the corruption that reaches every level of society. As Keller fights enemies on all sides, he learns his final lesson about the drug war that consumed his life.
Genres: fiction, crime, action, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, gritty
Setting: Mexico, United States
Period: 21st-century
736 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: drug-use, graphic-violence, murder