The House of the Scorpion
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Fields of white opium poppies stretch away over the hills, and uniformed workers bend over the rows, harvesting the juice. This is the empire of Matteo Alacran, a feudal drug lord in the country of Opium, which lies between the United States and Aztlan, formerly Mexico. Field work, or any menial tasks, are done by "eejits," humans in whose brains computer chips have been installed to insure docility. Alacran, or El Patron, has lived 140 years with the help of transplants from a series of clones, a common practice among rich men in this world. The intelligence of clones is usually destroyed at b
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Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Release date: 1 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 0689852231 | ISBN-13: 9780689852237
Release date: 1 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 0689852231 | ISBN-13: 9780689852237
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