

Obsessive protagonist Art Montana is a DEA agent and former CIA agent and boxer. Callan is a ruthless contract killer from Manhattan. Nora Hayden is a world-weary young call girl. Adán and Raul Barrera are heirs to a massive drug empire. At the same time, it is a serious and well researched historical novel, and a powerful indictment of the war on drugs, with its clandestine operations, hidden agendas, and shady politics.įather Parada is an influential and devout Catholic priest. It is a shockingly violent page turner, featuring kings and pawns, violence and deception. The Power of the Dog is an explosive, intelligent historic thriller that takes the reader deep into the dark underbelly of the "Mexican Trampoline," – the trafficking of cocaine from Colombia to Honduras to Mexico to the United States.
