An investigative biography of George Jung, who rose from a small-town Massachusetts kid to a major cocaine trafficker in the 1970s and 1980s, reporting directly to Pablo Escobar, the man who ran the notorious Medellín Cartel. Jung became a key figure in Escobar’s U.S. distribution network and amassed a fortune of over $100 million. The book details how he built his empire, the extravagant lifestyle it fueled, and how it all ultimately came crashing down.