This book, the first in a trilogy about the drug war in Mexico, can be pretty violent and disturbing, but also difficult to put down. It follows an American DEA agent and the head of a Mexican drug cartel, along with many other interesting characters, and lots of twists and turns. I recommend the audiobook!

“With an epic’s scope and a freight train’s rush, The Power of the Dog is an absolute page-turner. I couldn’t put it down and I was sorry when it ended. As always, Don Winslow delivers!”–S.J. Rozan, author of Absent Friends

“The war on drugs is powerfully dramatized in Winslow’s ambitious, dense and gritty latest . . . Winslow’s depth of research and unflagging attention to detail give the story both heft and immediacy, and his staccato, present-tense prose shifts easily among wildly disparate settings and multiple points of view. A complex plot, well-drawn characters and plenty of double-crossing make this a thinking person’s narco-thriller.”–Publishers Weekly

“This book comes at you like a champion boxer, deft and probing, and bristling with menace. Aiming for both the head and the gut, it connects solidly with every punch.”–Dan Fesperman, author of The Warlord’s Son

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