The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow

 

The Power of the Dog is basically a history of the War on Drugs between the 1970s to the 90s. Nothing is sugar-coated and the bodies fall from New York City to the Columbia jungles. Guilty and innocent fall in the power struggle for the head of the Mexican Drug Trade. Art Keller, a DEA agent will sell his soul to catch the Barrera brothers and they’ll kill anyone who stands in their way

The story has the ring of truth and could be a memoir of the failed U.S. war on drugs. There are no winners, and the struggle continues. I found the story heavy at times and had to take breaks in between reads. Not because the story was bad, but rather it was too intense. It is the first of three novels.