This is a cracker. It’s a 688 page, jaw-dropping story of child soldiers and the drug wars in Colombia. As he did with Marching Powder, Rusty Young has done the research. He worked secretly for the US government in Colombia for four years, so he encountered the sorts of people and situations that he has fictionalised in this novel. He wants the voices of the child soldiers to be heard, and he has made it happen in the most compelling way. This is just the most electrifying revenge thriller and coming-of-age story, and all of us at Boffins highly recommend it.
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