Nancy Farmer's novel "The House of the Scorpion" became a truly sensation in the literary world. He was nominated for a number of prestigious literary awards, was awarded the National Prize in Literature for Children and Youth and other equally honorable awards, was treated kindly by many masters of literature, and the famous Warner Brothers studio is making a film based on the book. A world of the near future, a world that has changed. A young clone named Mutt is an exact copy of one of the world's largest drug lords. The love of a young man, his opposition to the world, the death of a powerful patron, the persecution of others, escape - he will have to go through many tests in order to find freedom and love...