CONTENTS
Cast of Characters
Maps
The Dope Confederacy
The Land of Opium
Chronology
1. The Oasis
2. The New Lord of Opium
3. El Patrón’s Private Wing
4. Cienfuegos
5. The Dope Confederacy
6. Mirasol
7. Major Beltrán
8. The Holoport
9. The Guitar Factory
10. Nurse Fiona
11. Feeding a Pet Waitress
12. The Long-Distance Picnic
13. The Opium Factory
14. Madness
15. Dr. Rivas
16. Dancing the Huka Huka in Nueva York
17. The Fountain of Children
18. The African Child
19. Dr. Rivas’s Secret
20. The Bug
21. The Scorpion Star
22. The Altar Cloth
23. The Ruins of Tucson
24. The Biosphere
25. The Mushroom Master
26. The Brat Enclosure
27. Planning a Party
28. Sor Artemesia
29. Night Terrors
31.
The Party
32. Dr. Kim’s Experiment
33. Mirasol Dances
34. The Greenhouses
35. The Expiry Date
36. Going Rogue
37. The Funeral
38. The Mushroom Master vs. the Sky
39. María Learns the Truth
40. The Cloning Lab
41. The Solar Telescope
42. The Suicide Bomber
43. The Chapel of Jesús Malverde
44. El Bicho
45. Prisoners
46. Glass Eye Dabengwa
47. Happy Man Goes Hunting
48. El Patrón’s Advice
49. The Abandoned Observatory
50. The Secret Room
51. Uncoupling
52. The Ghost Army
Appendix
Jesús Malverde
The Biosphere
The Healing Power of Music
The Mushroom Master
José Clemente Orozco
The Ghost Army
Paradise
About Nancy Farmer
For Harold, mi vida, and for Richard Jackson, with deepest gratitude
CAST OF CHARACTERS
AJO, OPIUM
Matteo Alacrán (Matt): Once a clone of El Patrón, now the new Lord of Opium; age fourteen
El Patrón (deceased): The old Lord of Opium
Celia, cook and curandera (healer): Matt’s foster mother
Tam Lin (deceased): Matt’s bodyguard and foster father
Mirasol, also known as Waitress: An eejit; age fifteen
Eligio Cienfuegos: The head of the Farm Patrol
Daft Donald: Bodyguard and best friend of Tam Lin
Mr. Ortega: Matt’s music teacher and friend of Eusebio
Eusebio Orozco: The guitar maker; an eejit
Major Beltrán: Pilot working for Esperanza Mendoza
Fiona: Nurse at the Ajo hospital
Dr. Kim: Doctor at the Ajo hospital
Senator Mendoza and Emilia (deceased): Father and sister of María Mendoza
SAN LUIS, AZTLÁN
María Mendoza: Daughter of Esperanza; age fourteen
Esperanza Mendoza: UN representative and foe of the drug trade
Sor Artemesia: Nun at the Convent of Santa Clara; María’s foster mother
THE LOST BOYS, PLANKTON FACTORY, AZTLÁN
Chacho: Recovering from being trapped in the boneyard; age fourteen
Ton-Ton: Leader of the boys; age sixteen
Fidelito: Age eight
PARADISE
Listen: Age seven
The Bug, also known as El Bicho: Age seven
Mbongeni: Age six
Dr. Rivas: In charge of the hospital in Paradise
Dr. Angel and Dr. Marcos: Daughter and son of Dr. Rivas; astronomers
Eduardo: Oldest son of Dr. Rivas; an eejit
THE BIOSPHERE, OPIUM
The Mushroom Master: Leading scientist
AFRICA
Glass Eye Dabengwa: A drug lord; ninety-nine years old
Happy Man Hikwa: Drug dealer working for Glass Eye
Samson and Boris: Glass Eye’s Russian bodyguards
CHRONOLOGY
Birth of El Patrón: 1990
Drug Wars: 2025–2030
Matt harvested: 2122
Death of El Patrón: 2136
Time period for The Lord of Opium: 2137–2138
