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The Cartel
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 23 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the internationally best-selling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines story of power, corruption, revenge, and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars.
It's 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for 30 years in a blood feud against Adán Barrera, the head of El Federación, the world's most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller's partner. Finally putting Barrera away cost Keller dearly - the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead.
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 10-year odyssey to take him down. His obsession with justice - or is it revenge? - becomes a ruthless struggle that stretches from the cities, mountains, and deserts of Mexico to Washington's corridors of power to the streets of Berlin and Barcelona.
Keller fights his personal battle against the devastated backdrop of Mexico's drug war, a conflict of unprecedented scale and viciousness, as cartels vie for power and he comes to the final reckoning with Barrera - and himself - that he always knew must happen.
The Cartel is a true-to-life story of honor and sacrifice as one man tries to face down the devil without losing his soul. It is the story of the war on drugs and the men - and women - who wage it.
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- Blair J Lindsay
- 2018-06-15
Fantastic and narrator is excellent!
A worthy sequel to Power of the Dog and narrator Ray Porter makes it come alive. I'm going to read everything Don Winslow has written. Great tragic characters woven together in intricate overlapping plotlines and every character always on the precipice of danger. Never realized how important a good narrator is till I listened to this book. Ray Porter was pitch perfect in conveying multiple characterizations and always kept me on the edge of my seat.
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- Barry R.
- 2018-10-31
A great and gruesome book of the the Cartel.
Story was excellent. The author must have done quite some research when writing this book. The narrator did an excellent job and pronounced the Spanish words very well. Would certainly recommend.
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- John V.
- 2022-04-22
Great Don Winslow and Ray Porter
Part of a great trilogy. Winslow tells great stories and Ray Porter is my favorite narrator.
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- Antonio Eternod
- 2018-05-17
narco polo lol
I loved it, keep me on edge a couple times .all feelings felted. it was it all , action , sex , u name it
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-06-19
Rocked to the core and back again
I’ll keep it simple Don Winslow is my favourite author but he’s not my favourite just because he’s my favourite, it’s because he produces works like this. I stumbled upon the power of the dog when I was 17, and fell in love with the gritty historical fiction that really lived up to the name incorporating history so well into the character study. That was the first book in the border trilogy. With that book being my intro to Winslows works I knew I had to pace this trilogy as to not complete it to quick as it became my favourite novel. But now we are here and this book “the cartel” is on another level, it is an eye opening piece of literary content that quite literally pulls no punches. Not when it comes to any aspect and perspective. This book walks you through true evil and the policy’s and politics that protect these foundations of murder. You will feel sad, joyous, nauseous, disgusted, heart broken, and just plain exhausted but you won’t get off the ride because you will just be grateful to have the knowledge that this is the reality of the drug war the reality of true suffering, and ignorance is not bliss. I know I lied about keeping it short but for what I want to say this is relatively short haha
PS:Ray Porter is a legend, but I mean, just listen to his voice I don’t have to tell you that
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- Steve
- 2018-09-17
Good story
Great follow up to The Power of the Dog. Just like the first book, it paints a harsh picture of the war on drugs. Definitely has some dark parts, but is a thrilling book. #Audible1
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- Kellen Ramsey
- 2018-12-08
Great read
This book was an awesome story. The story kept you hooked and listening for more. The narrator was awesome and his voices made following the story easy
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- JohnS
- 2019-02-17
Great story reflecting reality
A very good Part 2 to the trilogy of the Mexican tragedy that is the drug cartels. If one is aware through the media of what happened and is happening in Mexico regarding the violence surrounding the drug trade, this book nails it in realism. The violence is unrelenting and graphic. As with other books, Don Winslow has clearly done his research.
The narration by Ray Porter is superb. Enough said.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-21
Trafficking Drugs: the Power and the Warts
This is a great novel about the drug trade and drug enforcement over the 1980's to the new Millennium. Great characters because you care about their lives. This novel shows the how grey the War on Drugs was and still is. Good guys need to be bad. Bad guys can be good. The American appetite for drugs keeps the money and drugs flowing. Ray Porter is terrific is always. Perfect voice for this Audio Book. The book takes a lot out of you by the time you finish, but it was well worth the time.
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- Jared
- 2019-01-28
This is fictional.
If you are looking for a factual story about Mexican drug cartels, this is not it.
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