The Lord of Opium

Nancy Farmer First published 2013

About this book

In 2137, fourteen-year-old Matt is stunned to learn that, as the clone of El Patro n, he is expected to take over as leader of the corrupt drug empire of Opium, where there is also a hidden cure for the ecological devastation faced by the rest of the world.

Subjects

  • children's fiction
  • cloning
  • cloning, fiction
  • crime, fiction
  • drug traffic
  • environmental degradation
  • fiction
  • juvenile fiction
  • natural disasters, fiction
  • science fiction