Narcos: The Jaguar's Claw

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Narcos: The Jaguar's Claw tells the story of an idealistic young Medellin police officer who finds himself drawn into service to Pablo Escobar. He becomes one of Escobar's sicarios-before exposure to the human costs of the cocaine epidemic and personal tragedy turn him against his former patron. Through Jose's eyes, we see the inner workings of the Medellin Cartel and get to know the powerful, charismatic, and murderous man at its head. Narcos chronicles the rise of the cocaine trade in Colombia and the gripping real-life stories of drug kingpins of the late '80s in this raw, gritty original series. Also detailed are the actions taken by law enforcement as they battle in the war on drugs, targeting notorious and powerful figures that include drug lord Pablo Escobar. As efforts are made to control cocaine, one of the world's most valuable commodities, the many entities involved -- legal, political, police, military and civilian -- find themselves in conflict

Jeff Mariotte is the award-winning author of more than seventy novels, including crime thrillers Empty Rooms and The Devil's Bait, supernatural thrillers Season of the Wolf, Missing White Girl, River Runs Red, and Cold Black Hearts, horror epic The Slab, and the Dark Vengeance teen horror quartet. Among his many novels set in existing fictional universes are NCIS: Los Angeles: Bolthole and NCIS: New Orleans: Crossroads. With his wife, the author Marsheila Rockwell, he wrote the novels 7 SYKOS and Mafia III: Plain of Jars and numerous shorter works. He also writes comic books, including the long-running horror/Western comic book series Desperadoes and graphic novels Zombie Cop and Fade to Black. He has worked in virtually every aspect of the book business.