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He struggles with whether he is human or not. He has been told by many that he is lower than an animal; he is not fit to live in a house. Matt is the clone of the powerful El Patron of the Alacran family.

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Surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards, escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But even escape is no guarantee of freedom… because Matt is marked by his difference in ways that he doesn't even suspect. This modern classic takes on an iron-fisted drug lord, clones bred for their organs, and what it means to be human.