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 storyтАЩs end in this new edition with a reimagined cover!
Matt Alacr├бn is a fourteen-year-old drug lord.
Until recently, Matt was just a clone grown from a strip of El Patr├│nтАЩs skin. Now he is lord of the land of Opium, on the one-time USтАУMexico border, and rules over an army of microchipped, zombielike workers who are programmed to produce the drugs that are OpiumтАЩs main export. El Patr├│n 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 destructionтАФbut it will only be possible if he chooses the right people to trust.