{"product_id":"book-2a69","title":"Empire of Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecember 2, 1993. A rooftop in Medellín. The most dangerous man on earth just ran out of places to hide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy twenty-six, Pablo Escobar had already stolen headstones, run cigarettes, and laid the foundations of an empire that would make him richer than governments, more feared than armies, and - for a while - more loved in his own city than the state itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe bombed a passenger plane to kill one man. He put a country's Congress on his payroll. He built a private zoo, a private army, and a private war against a nation that didn't understand what it was facing until the bodies numbered in the thousands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the sanitized version. This is not the show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmpire of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is the meticulously researched, unflinching true story behind the myth - the real timeline, the real players, the real cost - told as narrative nonfiction that reads like a thriller, because the truth never needed embellishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a boy with no electricity at home became a $25 billion trafficker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe assassination that turned a smuggling operation into a war on the Colombian state\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe bombing of Avianca Flight 203 - and the candidate who was never on board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife inside La Catedral, the \"prison\" Escobar built and ran like a resort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe still-disputed truth about who fired the fatal shot on that rooftop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat became of his family - and why Medellín still can't agree if he was monster or saint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for the reader who finished \u003cem\u003eNarcos\u003c\/em\u003e and wanted the parts Netflix left out. For true crime readers who want nonfiction that hits as hard as fiction - without a single invented quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome empires fall in a day. This one took a decade - and the country it nearly destroyed is still adding up the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScroll up and grab your copy today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67464571388208,"sku":"BD2a69","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2a69-Square-cover.png?v=1785963677","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2a69","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}