The Cartel - Don Winslow

The Cartel

By Don Winslow

  • Release Date: 2015-06-23
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,426 Ratings

Description

The New York Times bestselling second novel in the explosive Power of the Dog series—an action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

Book Two of the Power of the Dog Series

It’s 2004. Adán Barrera, kingpin of El Federación, is languishing in a California federal prison. Ex-DEA agent Art Keller passes his days in a monastery, having lost everything to his thirty-year blood feud with the drug lord. Then Barrera escapes. Now, there’s a two-million-dollar bounty on Keller’s head and no one else capable of taking Barrera down. As the carnage of the drug war reaches surreal new heights, the two men are locked in a savage struggle that will stretch from the mountains of Sinaloa to the shores of Veracruz, to the halls of power in Washington, ensnaring countless others in its wake. Internationally bestselling author Don Winslow's The Cartel is the searing, unfiltered epic of the drug war in the twenty-first century.

Reviews

  • Fantastic!

    5
    By KllSlasher
    A great book! A must read! The characters are so well built up and the story moves at a fast pace. Don’t sleep on this one!
  • Interesting. Gruesome. Detailed.

    4
    By EvoATL
    When I first read this book, I left a review stating that the book iwas too long. Now after reading it a second time, it actually makes me yearn for the days when Winslow wrote books like this.
  • Great reading

    5
    By mig1886
    Hard to put it down.
  • Craziest but best book ever

    5
    By brians song
    The story that is told here is serious but scary, yet honest and true about the length a hero will go to do the right thing. Arthur Keller is the hero, but at a very great cost. Few men could do what he has done, very few. This story is about courage in the face of evil and the task of perseverance that every hero must face. Excellent but intense story. Read.
  • Great Work

    5
    By Kintsuru
    Loved how Winslow constantly weaves the impact of the WoD (and unintended consequences) into the lives of the characters.
  • Epic

    5
    By Matt742
    Brilliant work
  • Amazing

    5
    By ChefZombie$$
    Read a long book in two days it was that good.
  • As wearying as its protagonist

    2
    By Gallery wag
    A lot of mansplaining the war on drugs and some improbable action sequences. Pretty tedious for a supposed thriller.
  • Great book!

    5
    By JSGrundy
    Another great read. Quick pace and good characters.
  • Amazing!

    5
    By A'toool
    One of the best books I've ever read. Happened upon it in the popular reading section at the library and gave it a shot. Glad I did. Didn't want it to end even as brutal as it was. Really gets into the intracacies of the drug war and shows how the whole Mexican country and government can be corrupted and the American role of fueling the drug violence. Bravo Mr. Winslow, this book was nothing short of perfect. I'm reading Power of the Dog now. Kind of wish I'd read it first to get the complete story in order but after finishing the Cartel I needed more and had to the back story to these characters.