THE CARTEL by DON, WINSLOW - 2016

US: Random House UK, 2016. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Continuing the harrowing story begun in the acclaimed The Power of the Dog, The Cartel brings this tale of greed and corruption, revenge and justice, into the present moment. From the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed novel The Powe r of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping, ripped from the headlines story of power, corruption, revenge, and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars. It's 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thir ty years in a blood feud against Adan Barrera, the head of El Federacion, t he world's most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller's partner. Finally putting Barrera away cost Keller dearly - the woman he lo ves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead. Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the empire that Keller shatter ed. Unwilling to live in a world with Barrera in it, Keller goes on a ten-y ear odyssey to take him down. His obsession with justice -- or is it reveng e? -- becomes a ruthless struggle that stretches from the cities, mountains , and deserts of Mexico to Washington's corridors of power to the streets o f Berlin and Barcelona. Keller fights his personal battle against the devastated backdrop of Mexico 's drug war, a conflict of unprecedented scale and viciousness, as cartels vie for power and he comes to the final reckoning with Barrera -- and himse lf -- that he always knew must happen. The Cartel is a true-to-life story of honor and sac.