Kilo

For fans ofthe Netflix show Narcos and readers of true crime Kilo isa deeply reported account of life inside Colombia’s drug cartels usingunprecedented access in the cartels to trace a kilo of cocaine—from the fieldswhere it is farmed to the hit men who protect it to the smuggling ships thatbring it to American shores.TobyMuse’s tautly written account of his intimate prowl through Colombia’s narcoworld is both compelling and unforgettable. With Kilo cocaine now has its ownDispatches. Simply kickass.”— Jon LeeAnderson The New Yorker and author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeCocaine is glamour sex and murder. From the badlands of Colombia it stretches across the globe seducing corrupting and destroying. A product that must be produced distributed and protected it is both a harbinger of violence and a source of immense wealth. Beginning in the jungles and mountains of Colombia it filters down to countryside villages and the nightclubs of the cities attracting money sex and death. Each step in the life of a kilo reveals a different criminal underworld with its own players rules and dangers ranging from the bizarre to the diabolical. The killers the drug-lords all find themselves seduced by cocaine and trapped in her world.Seasoned war correspondent Toby Muse has witnessed each level of this underworld fueled by the appetite for cocaine in America and Europe. In this riveting chronicle he takes the reader inside Colombia’s notorious drug cartels to offer a never before look at the drug trade. Following a kilo of cocaine from its production in a clandestine laboratory to the smugglers who ship it abroad he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy. Reporting on Colombia for the world’s most prestigious networks and publications Muse gained unprecedented access to the extraordinary people who survive on the drug trade—farmers smugglers assassins—and the drug lords and their lovers controlling these multi-billion dollar enterprises. Uncovering stories of violence sex and money he shows the allure and the madness of cocaine. And how the War on Drugs has been no match for cocaine.Piercing this veiled world Kilo is a gripping portrait of a country struggling to end this deadly trade even as the riches flow. A human portrait of criminals and the shocking details of their lives Kilo is a chilling unforgettable story that takes you deep into the belly of the beast.Kilo includes 16 pages of photographs.