After escaping a brutal Sinaloan cartel training camp as a child, Antonio "Tony" Zavala and his friends cross into America, determined to claim their piece of the American Dream. Years of grinding poverty in Los Angeles lead Tony to a ruthless, self-made kingpin, Michael Martillo, who becomes his mentor. Tony's hunger and cunning quickly propel him up the criminal ladder, securing a direct cocaine pipeline from Bolivia and cutting out the cartel. But his rise ignites a bloody war with his former tormentor, the cartel boss El Sapo. As the violence escalates—culminating in the bombing of Martillo's home and the death of his young daughter—Tony seizes control of the entire empire, orchestrating a final, brutal coup that leaves him standing atop Los Angeles, the world finally his.
