

The Lord of Opium
Author: Nancy Farmer
Narrator: Raul Esparza
Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 09/03/2013
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Action & Adventure
Synopsis
Matt Alacrán is a fourteen-year-old drug lord.
Until recently, Matt was just a clone grown from a strip of El Patrón’s skin. Now he is lord of the land of Opium, on the one-time US–Mexico border, and rules over an army of microchipped, zombielike workers who are programmed to produce the drugs that are Opium’s main export. El Patrón 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 destruction—but it will only be possible if he chooses the right people to trust.