Discover this internationally bestselling National Book Award-winning young adult classic about what it means to be human with an updated reimagined cover! Matt Alacrán wasn t born. He was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón the drug-lord ruler of the country of Opium. Most people hate and fear clones like Matt--except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself because Matt is himself. As Matt struggles to understand his existence he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters and realizes escape is his only chance to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom.