The Final Score

ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Washington Post • NPR • Financial Times • The Guardian • Booklist • New Statesman • Daily Telegraph • Irish Times • Dallas Morning News • Sunday Times • New York Post"A big, sprawling, ultimately stunning crime tableau." – Janet Maslin, New York Times"You can't ask for more emotionally moving entertainment." – Stephen King"One of the best thriller writers on the planet." – EsquireThe explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The ForceWhat do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you're on?The war has come home.For over forty years, DEA agent Art Keller has been on the front lines of America's longest conflict: The War on Drugs. His obsession to defeat the world's most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin-the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera-has left him bloody and scarred, cost him the people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created thirty more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico. But not just there.Barrera's final legacy is the devastating heroin epidemic scourging America. Throwing himself into the gap to stem the deadly flow, Keller finds himself surrounded by enemies-men who want to kill him, politicians who want to destroy him, and worse, the unimaginable-an incoming administration filled with political corruption and in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.Art Keller is at war with not only the cartels, but with his own government. And the long fight has taught him more than he ever imagined. Now, he learns the final lesson-there are no borders.In a sprawling story of international crime that moves from deserts of Mexico to Wall Street, from the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, D.C., Winslow follows a new generation of narcos, the cops who fight them, street traffickers, addicts, politicians, money-launderers, real-estate moguls, and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.A shattering tale of vengeance, violence, corruption and justice, this last crime thriller novel in Don Winslow's magnificent, award-winning, internationally bestselling trilogy is packed with unforgettable, drawn-from-the-headlines scenes. Shocking in its brutality, raw in its humanity, The Border is an unflinching portrait of modern America, a story of-and for-our time.

New York Times Bestseller!From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy.“Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating.” – Stephen King"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.” – Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The ChainTwo mafia crime families together control all of New England.Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a brutal gang war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire.Danny Ryan, a reluctant soldier in the Irish mob, yearns for a more “legit” life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game of organized crime in which the winners live and the losers die.From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, two rival crime families ignite a war that will leave only one standing. The winner will forge a dynasty in this sprawling family saga.Exploring the classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, and honor, City on Fire is a contemporary masterpiece of 1980s crime fiction in the tradition of The Godfather, Casino, and Goodfellas—a thrilling saga from Don Winslow, “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Jon Land, Providence Journal).

Knallhart, erschütternd und glänzend recherchiert:'Jahre des Jägers' ist das monumentale Finale von Don Winslows Polit-Thriller-Trilogie 'Die Kartell-Saga', die zum Welt-Bestseller wurde.Totgeglaubte leben länger - das muss auch US-Drogenfahnder Art Keller erfahren, der jeden Eid geschworen hätte, Adán Barrera endgültig erledigt zu haben. Doch was Keller für die ultimativ letzte Schlacht gegen den Drogen-Baron gehalten hat, war nur der Anfang des Krieges, den Mexikos Kartelle nun gegen die USA entfesseln:Die Menge des jährlich importierten Heroins vervielfacht sich, und mächtige Drogen-Kartelle versuchen, die amerikanische Regierung zu unterwandern, an deren Spitze ein umstrittener neuer Präsident steht.Auf den Spuren des tot geglaubten Adán Barrera gerät Art Keller schnell mitten zwischen die Fronten des völlig außer Kontrolle geratenen Drogen-Krieges, denn der Feind kommt aus einer gänzlich unerwarteten Richtung ...Mit dem epischen Finale seiner Polit-Thriller-Trilogie über den Drogen-Krieg zwischen Mexiko und den USA zeichnet Bestseller-Autor Don Winslow das Porträt eines zutiefst zerrissenen Amerika zwischen Gier und Korruption, Rache und Gerechtigkeit, Heldenmut und Hinterhältigkeit.Don Winslows Kartell-Saga umfasst die Polit-Thriller 'Tage der Toten', 'Das Kartell' und 'Jahre des Jägers'."Ich kann es kaum erwarten, das zu lesen. Winslow in Bestform." Stephen King

__________________________<BR>From the bestselling author of the acclaimed The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars.<BR><BR>It's 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adan Barrera, the head of El Federación, the world's most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller's partner. Putting Barrera away costs Keller dearly - the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead.<BR><BR>Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the empire that Keller shattered. Unwilling to live in a world with Barrera in it, Keller goes on a ten-year odyssey to take him down. <BR><BR>The Cartel is a true-to-life story of power, corruption, revenge, honour and sacrifice, as one man tries to face down the devil without losing his soul.<BR>__________________________<BR><BR>'Sensationally good' LEE CHILD<BR>'Tense, brutal, wildly atmospheric, stunningly plotted' JAMES ELLROY<BR>'A gut-punch of a novel... an absolute must-read' HARLAN COBEN