{"product_id":"wolf-boys-two-american-teenagers-and-mexicos-most-dangerous-drug-cartel-9781501126550","title":"Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe tale of two American teenagers recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and the Mexican American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unstoppable. \"A hell of a story...undeniably gripping.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this astonishing story, journalist Dan Slater recounts the unforgettable odyssey of Gabriel Cardona. At first glance, Gabriel is the poster-boy American teenager: athletic, bright, handsome, and charismatic. But the ghettos of Laredo, Texas--his border town--are full of smugglers and gangsters and patrolled by one of the largest law-enforcement complexes in the world. It isn't long before Gabriel abandons his promising future for the allure of juvenile crime, which leads him across the river to Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel: Los Zetas. Friends from his childhood join him and eventually they catch the eye of the cartel's leadership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the cartel wars spill over the border, Gabriel and his crew are sent to the States to work. But in Texas, the teen hit men encounter a Mexican-born homicide detective determined to keep cartel violence out of his adopted country. Detective Robert Garcia's pursuit of the boys puts him face-to-face with the urgent consequences and new security threats of a drug war he sees as unwinnable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWolf Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, Slater takes readers on a harrowing, often brutal journey into the heart of the Mexican drug trade. Ultimately though, \u003ci\u003eWolf Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is the intimate story of the lobos: teens turned into pawns for the cartels. A nonfiction thriller, it reads with the emotional clarity of a great novel, yet offers its revelations through extraordinary reporting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlater, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A former reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Slater has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Algorithms\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Colgate University and Brooklyn Law School, he lives in New England.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635189584146,"sku":"9781501126550","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec608489-bf60-48c5-a188-8a50dfcdc8ce.jpg?v=1732837274","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wolf-boys-two-american-teenagers-and-mexicos-most-dangerous-drug-cartel-9781501126550","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}