Review
"Drug Lord should come with a warning sticker: CAUTION, THE TRUTH WILL SET YOUFREE."-- Paul Rosenberg, author of The Breaking Dawn and Free-Man's Perspective
"Hunt and Casey do a great job describing in creative story telling what happens behind the scenes in the pharmaceutical industry while critiquing the drug war. Head to head comparisons of big pharma to black markets, and of FDA to the DEA, illustrate what every American should know." -- Ralph Weber, CEO, MediBid Inc., author of Rigged: How Insurance Ruined Healthcare
"Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged was the novel that sparked a free market revolution in the 20th century. Drug Lord could be the novel that ignites that spark into an inferno in the 21st century. And I can't think of a better person to pen it with than Doug Casey." -- Jeff Berwick, The Dollar Vigilante
"In Speculator, we met Charles Knight who balanced contempt for bureaucracy with personal ambition. His next adventure takes him into the heart of the two-headed beast: drug wars and the pharmaceutical business. As a physician entrepreneur I loved this book, and cannot wait for the next installment!" -- Jonathan M. Sackier, MB, ChB, FRCS, FACS, Hon DSc, Visiting Professor of Surgery, Oxford University
"Drug Lord is as equally entertaining as it is edifying. I read it over the course of three days and was totally absorbed. Knight's adventures were much more fun than my usual day-to-day, to say the least." -- Ross Ulbricht
"Karl Marx was right that economics determines history. But he didn't realize governments could distort economies so badly that only the intrepid might survive. And only after they reaped generous rewards could the 'meek (proletariat) inherit the earth.' Drug Lord's intrepid hero, Charles Knight, is the representation of this ultimate reality. Engaging and enlightening." -- Barry Reid, author of The Paper Trip
"Charles Knight hits his stride, stepping on from his smashing role in Speculator, to gather steam in Drug Lord. Speculator was great and successful, but Drug Lord is possibly better: it's different; it's smoother, and Charles Knight is smarter now. The dialogue and settings teach life lessons." -- Bo Keeley, executive hobo, racquetball champion, global vagabond, and prolific author
"Charles Knight is back--a little older, a little wiser, and trying to get a whole lot richer. This time he's learning how to sell legal drugs at an illegal discount through an even less legal market. Casey and Hunt manage to entertain and inform at the same time, revealing the often fatal, though unintended, consequences of regulation by the FDA, the DEA, the IRS, and a cornucopia of bureaucracies. Drug Lord is another stylishly written paean to free markets and free minds." -- Jo Ann Skousen, Professor, Chapman University
"Through a cleverly crafted plot, Hunt and Casey sound the alarm on paternalistic laws, over-legislation, and the growing police state. The story reads like historical nonfiction as government officials morally justify evil acts for a perceived greater good, letting the reader ponder serious philosophical issues while enjoying a thoroughly good yarn." -- Jeffrey James Higgins, retired DEA supervisory special agent
"Drug Lord is Chicken Soup for the Ancap Soul." -- Albert Lu, CEO, Sprott US Media and host of The Power & Market Report
"Drug Lord--it's Ayn Rand with guns and drugs! But that doesn't do John Hunt and Doug Casey justice. They've written a thriller that's whatever the opposite of 'escapism' is. Call it 'right-here-and-right-now-ism.' It's an adventure in rationalism with a heartening lesson. Reason is not only the source of liberty, it's the source of virtue." -- P.J. O'Rourke,Editor, American Consequences magazine and author of How the Hell Did This Happen? The Presidential Campaign of 2016
"Drug Lord is a fantastic follow up in the High Ground Novel Series, one that will keep you glued to your seat as you follow Knight in his journey. There are many lessons to be gleaned from this story, but at the very least, it's highly entertaining! You won't be disappointed."-- Brian Leni, Founder, Junior Stock Review
"Drug Lord is an incendiary critique of the American drug, medical and insurance industries... It is also an indictment of the tyranny wielded by a government no longer "of the people, by the people, and for the people." -- Mickey Fulp, The Mercenary Geologist.
About the Author
Doug Casey spends most of his time in Argentina and Uruguay, with frequent visits to the U.S., Canada, and various dysfunctional hellholes. John Hunt, MD, is a pediatrician, pulmonologist, allergist, immunologist, and former academic who resigned his tenure at a major university and stopped practicing because the insane had taken over the asylum. Now he keeps himself occupied trying to slay Leviathan.
