The House of the Scorpion

The House of the Scorpion

(21 Oct 2008)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Matt is a clone of El Patrn, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years, he has lived in a tiny cottage in the poppy fields with Celia, a kind and deeply religious servant woman who is charged with his care and safety. He knows little about his existence until he is discovered by a group of children playing in the fields and wonders why he isn't like them. Though Matt has been spared the fate of most clones, who have their intelligence destroyed at birth, the evil inhabitants of El Patrn's empire consider him a "beast" and an "eejit.

Book information

ISBN: 9781606407288
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Pub date:
DEWEY: FIC
Language: English