From the New York Times bestselling author, here is the first 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 One of the Power of the Dog Series Set about ten years prior to The Cartel, this gritty novel introduces a brilliant cast of characters. Art Keller is an … brilliant cast of characters. Art Keller is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father Parada is a powerful and incorruptible Catholic priest. Callan is an Irish kid from Hell’s kitchen who grows up to be a merciless hit man. And they are all trapped in the world of the Mexican drug Federación. From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tijuana to the jungles of Central America, this is the war on drugs like you’ve never seen it.
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WARNING! – I very much enjoyed The Power of the Dog – but it is violent. Very violent. The work is fictional but I had no problem believing Winslow’s tale is exactly what happens in real events. Four main characters weave in and out of this chilling tale. Then there is the official US response which, at no surprise, becomes an on-going disaster. A …
The Cartel was a good book but is overshadowed by the greatness of Power of the Dog, the first book in the trilogy. I have the third book on the TBR pile. These books are about the rise of the narcotic cartels in Mexico. In the beginning South America controlled the narcotic pipeline with Mexico merely the middleman. This is the story of how that …
It’s the DEA up against corrupt cops and narco-terrorists. Well-written, gritty, exceptionally realistic portrayal of corruption and violence in the war-on-drugs quagmire.
Great 1st book to an incredible trilogy about the drug war.
A thundering, unstoppable steam train of a book. Fantastic characters give a glimpse into the forgotten war in Mexico, and the greed which fuels it. It’s not a short book but you’ll fly through the pages.
Like the Cold War was for spy novelists, the “War on Drugs” has been the gift that keeps on giving for crime writers the world over. It’s impossible to dream up fiction more extreme than the drug-related violence, corruption, cynicism, and hypocrisy that real life keeps throwing on newsprint and TV on a regular basis. There are no heroes or …
In 2005 when Winslow published “The Power of the Dog,” he unwittingly inspired a new industry in television (“Narcos Mexico”), journalism (Sean Penn’s infamous El Chapo escapade for “Rolling Stone”) and movies (“Sicario I, II”). The DEA’s Art Keller is a composite character whose illegal wiretap leads to the kidnapping, torture and death of his …
Five stars aren’t enough. The three-book Power of the Dog series is outstanding! Sucks you in, wrings you out, and leaves you gasping for breath. Don Winslow is one of the great writers of our time. These books are true classics that will be read for as long as people are still reading books.
The Power of the Dog reads like the El Chapo Guzman—a real-life drug load—mini-series. Everything they say about it is right. It’s explosive, realistic, and relentlessly detailed in the horrors that take place in our world every day. I know this is supposed to be a work of fiction, but unfortunately, I think the way heroin and cocaine are …
Another winner by Winslow. Love the way he writes. The man is a Gold Star story teller. This book is the first of a trilogy and I can wait to dive into the next, and then the next. Stay tuned.
a must read for any Winslow fan
Phenomenal!!
I picked up this book because I purchased the second in the series before I realized this was first. I liked how the author moved through the several different story lines and how each of the characters’ stories crossed through the several different story lines. This book is full of real people, all of whom are flawed in one respect or another. …
There isn’t much I can add to the hundreds of reviews already written. On audio, this book is simply AMAZING!
Originally published at High Fever Books:
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Since its release in 2005, The Power of the Dog has been praised by critics and readers all over the world, and for good reason. Don Winslow’s epic powerhouse of a story about the Mexican drug cartel and the …
The tragic pointlessness of the War on Drugs provides the backdrop to Don Winslow’s crime epic. Over the span of two decades, DEA agent Art Keller pursues an obsessive Ahab-like vendetta against Mexican cartel kingpin Adan Berrera, resulting in a grandly addictive tale full of violence, betrayal and moral ambiguity. The supposed good guys do …
The world of the Mexican Cartel , with a little history woven in…