The Lord of Opium
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4.7 • 202 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In the riveting sequel to the acclaimed bestseller The House of the Scorpion, Matt reels from the change in status quo and struggles to do the right thing; find out his story’s end in this new edition with a reimagined cover!
Matt Alacrán is a fourteen-year-old drug lord.
Until recently, Matt was just a clone grown from a strip of El Patrón’s skin. Now he is lord of the land of Opium, on the one-time US–Mexico border, and rules over an army of microchipped, zombielike workers who are programmed to produce the drugs that are Opium’s main export. El Patrón kept the air and water in Opium clean, but the rest of the world is a polluted wasteland.
Matt is sure that, in his new position, he can find a way to break the cycle of violence and destruction—but it will only be possible if he chooses the right people to trust.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This highly anticipated sequel to Farmer's National Book Award winning The House of the Scorpion (2002) begins soon after the funeral of the drug lord El Patr n and the murder of nearly everyone who attended the event. Fourteen-year-old Matt, the dead drug lord's clone, was originally created to provide spare parts for El Patr n, but is now the Lord of Opium. Surrounded by people who have been surgically conditioned to satisfy his every whim, many of them mindless and virtually helpless eejits, Matt must come to terms with the deep immorality upon which his wealth is based, while fending off another drug lord, the rapacious Glass Eye Dabengwa, and a fanatical U.N. representative, Esperanza Mendoza. Complicating matters further are Matt's involvement with the beautiful eejit Waitress; his lifelong relationship with Mendoza's strong-willed daughter Mar a; and the machinations of the mad physician, Dr. Rivas, who created Matt. Once again, Farmer's near-future world offers an electric blend of horrors and beauty. Lyrically written and filled with well-rounded, sometimes thorny characters, this superb novel is well worth the wait. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
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I had written a long winded review on how important this series was to me, but in my drunken haze of fond memories, accidentally erased it. All you have to know is that you need to read this series especially if you like semi-dystopian novels
Can’t say enough
I’ve loved the house of the scorpion sense I was in middle school, it wasn’t until now(after I graduated college) I read the this one. And let me tell you, I think this one is better. The people are realistic, and the sub plots just as interesting as the overarching story! So F****** good!!!