ʻO wai ke kiaʻi i ka poʻe kiaʻi? ʻO kahi kānalua kahiko e hele ana kēia novel. Ua mākaukau ʻo Don Winslow i nā ʻano sordid o ka mākaʻi o ʻAmelika, i loko o kā lākou mau hihia palaho.
Ma kēia puke ʻO ka palaho mākaʻi, fictionalises ka mea kākau i ka mea e hana ana inā hiki i kēlā lua hiki ke komo i kahi palaho, mahalo i nā mākaʻi e hele wāwae ana i kēlā mau wahi malu.
He mākaʻikaʻi nui ʻo Dennis Malone i loko o nā kaua he hoʻokahi kaukani, kahi kāne haʻaheo nāna e ʻike iā ia iho ma mua o kēlā mau kānaka kīwila āna e lawelawe ai a pale aku ai. Ma kāna ala i ka palaho alakaʻi ʻo ia i kāna mau keikikāne, e hoʻokumu ana i kahi cartel maoli i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ke kino.
I ka hopena, ua hoʻomalu ʻia e kona kuko nui ʻole no ka mana a me ke kālā maʻalahi, ua hoʻololi ʻo Dennis Malone iā ia iho i mobster piha. Pepehi kanaka aliʻi hou a hopu i kahi stash gigantic o heroin.
ʻO kāna maneuvers hilahila ʻole a me kāna hana lawehala e kū i mua i nā mea āpau a me nā mea āpau, e hoʻololi ana i ka puke i kahi ʻōnaehana ikaika o ka hana pahū.
ʻO ka pīhoihoi, i kahi kanaka ʻino a akamai hoʻi e like me Dennis Malone, hoihoi loa kāna kamaʻilio me nā hoapili a me nā luna ʻē aʻe. ʻO ko lākou hiki ke hōʻoia i kā lākou hana i hōʻike maopopo ʻia, me he mea lā he mea pono ka hewa i loko o kahi kaiāulu i paʻa i ka inaina lāhui mau a me nā pilikia lāʻau. Me ke kanalua ʻole he kanaka hakakā ʻo ia, ʻoiai ʻo kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he ʻano perverse, hāʻawi i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi i kahi kaiāulu o kēia manawa i waiho ʻia i kekahi manawa mai ka lima o ke kānāwai.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke ʻO ka palaho mākaʻi, ʻO Don Winslow puke moʻolelo hou, eia: